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PLANT BICENTENNIAL TREE — The Exeter Lioness club planted a Bicentennial tree
recently at Riverview pork. Above, Heather Young of the Bicentennial committee
in London works the shovel with the help of lioness members Sue Smith and Laurie
Dykstra and mayor Bruce Shaw. T -A photo
Riddell says area family
victim of Tory's failure
Huron -Middlesex MPP
Jack Riddell suggested in the
legislature last week• that
failure by the province to pro-
vide -the emergency
assistance so desperately
needed by a Hensall area
farm resulted in that family
being forced out of the farm-
ing business. •
Riddell said the
McGregors--father Bob, sons
Jim and Grant, , and their
wives and children --did
everything they could to hold
onto their land, but it was sold
to a numbered Canadian com-
pany representing a foreign
investor because they could
no longer carry—their 'loan
payments at the bank.
He said that the large beef
and pork operation "happen-
ed to expand when interest
rates were skyrocketing".
Hundreds of cases such as
the McGregors' could be cited
throughout Ontario, Riddell
commented in an emergency
debate sparked by Ontario
Federation of Agriculture lob-
byists descending on MPPs,
Tuesday. Farm issues
dominated the one-hour ques-
tion period preceding the
debate.
. The area MPP said no farm
family in Ontario was more
typical than the McGregors.
"Now they're out on the
road," he lamented.
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Bank of Montreal regional
senior . vice-president Ernie
Morel confirmed earlier that
the bank has accepted an of-
fer in trust on the large
livestock operation.
Through its receivers,
Touche Ross and Co. of Lon-
don, the bank auctioned off
the equipment of McGregor
Livestock Inc. at the farm of
Jim and Betty McGregor on
April 30. The family arrang-
ed financing to buy back
enough of the equipment to
operate the farm and hoped
the bank would accept their
bid to buy back the farm
itself.
Morel said the bank gave
Jim and Betty McGregor an
opportunity to meet the offer
they had received, but the
couple chose not to.
The McGregors have leas-
ed the farm from the bank for
the 1984 growing season and
have planted feed crops.
In the legislature during the
debate, Agriculture Minister
Dennis Tiinbrell defended his
government's policies and
said thousands of farmers
have been helped by such pro-
grams as the Ontario farm
adjustment assistance pro-
gram and the beginning
farmers' program.
Timbrell blasted Riddell for
blowing the farm bankruptcy
situation out of proportion.
"You would have people
believe the whole industry is
going bankrupt. It isn't."
Minister Without Portfolio
Bob Eaton ( Middlesex) said
the government has helped
farmers who had a good
chance of a successful opera-
tion. "Those who are good
financial managers have
made it."
Timbrell noted he had met
with the OFA Tuesday and
heard its demands for in-
creased financial assistance.
Recommendations on ex-
tending the farm adjustment
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assistance program beyond
its Dec. 31 expiry date will be
made to cabinet within two
months, he said, offering no
hint if the program would be
expanded or extended. He
would not reply to .demands
from Mel Swart ( NDP-*-
Welland'Thorold) that the
program be expanded to sub-
sidize farmers' interest rates
down to a maximum of eight
percent from the current 12.
Timbrell reiterated that the
federal government must be
prepared to participate in a
national red meat stabilize=
tion program which he has
.prepared. . Any unilateral
emergency assistance on his
part could jeopardize a na-
tional plan, ne said.
However, the minister
hinted he could take
unilateral action if Ottawa
does not adopt a national
stabilization plan before the
House of Commons adjourns
for the summer. Federal
Agriculture Minister Eugene
Whelan has given his word
there will be a plan, said Tim-
brell, but Doug Wiseman (PC
-Lanark) reminded the
minister that legislation for
the plan is not on the federal
government's order paper for
this session.
"If they break their word,
if the legislation is not passed,
I'm looking at my options,"
said Timbrell, quickly ad-
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GRADUATES — Jill
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eatured at Centralia conference
Times -Advocate, June- 27, 1981
Poge 3
Molly McGhee outllnos 'direcflons for women
Wes
than 50 ladies from
Ontario attended the
tiitK,ftnnuat conference for
rural women it Centralia Col-
lege of Agricultural on the
weekend. 'tt'a
Featured speakers were
free lance writer Gisele
Ireland and former 'LCAT
vice-principal and author of
Women in Rural Life - the
Changing Scene, Molly
McGhee.
The conference was con-
vened by Cathy Biondi of the
College staff with help from
representatives of Concerned
Farm Women, Women in Sup-
portaof Agriculture, Women
Today and Ontario Women's
Institutes.
In addition to the guest
speakers, the ladies par-
ticipated in four workshops.
They were Foods and Fitness
with Deb Campbell, Cathy
Thompson and Mike Mueller;
computers by Stuart
Sprachlan; Financial plann-
ing by Jane Muegge and Nan-
cy Ross and Planning a
Creative Job Search by Bon-
nie Reberg.
Organizer Cathy Biondi
said Monday she felt the
ladies were satisfied with the
conference and "pretty well
got what they wanted."
With the theme of the
Directions '84 conference on
the key to understading Mol-
ly McGhee talked about the
directions women should be
taking in the future.
She continued, "undoubted-
ly, women's issues, especial-
ly as they affect rural women,
have been identified. No
longer do the elected
representatives believe that
these problems are only rais-
ed by a few urban radicals. If
the study has done nothing
else,'4 it has made the
politicians sit up and take
notice. And I refer to those at
all levels of government.
They now realize that 52 per-
cent of voters are female.
Thus, you have a golden op-
portunity to be heard."
"I believe that the
delegates here this afternoon
are beyond the catch-up
period. You have a pretty ef-
fective network now. Some of
you are masters at the art of
networking. The time has
come to move on. You should
be running your own can-
didates, certainly in
municipal elections, and,,for
farm women at least places
on the marketing boards and
commodity groups. This is
the only way you will be tru-
ly effective. I think that a lot
of talent will be wasted if you
don't take this direction," the
former CCAT official said.
Miss McGhee added, "If the
family farm unit is to endure,
you cannot have a division
between husband and wife,
between men and ,,women.
However, you have a forum
where you can put your case
forth and receive a fair hear-
ing. The time has come when
you must influence others ra-
tionally, in order that you can
change things. You have to of-
fer reasonable solutions and
even be content with small
beginnings.
In my opinion you should
discuss the formation of a
strong network and make
plans how you will lobby ef-
fectively so your voice will be
heard in the corridors of
power, at the Turning Point
Conference in November. I
also urge you to form a strong
lobby, coalition, or associa-
tion; call it what you want.
The study on Rural women
identified a marked genera-
tion gap which can be at-
tributed to a number of fac-
tors. Throughout the western
world, the gap, which has
always existed between the
generations, has widened con-
siderably in recent years. The
tangible result has been the
marked decline in member-
ship of the rural and urban
traditional organizations. The
numbers drop on an average
about 4 percent per year. The
W.I.'s in Ontario have declin-
ed 53 percent in the past thir-
ty years.' Of course such a
dramatic drop in numbers is
also evident in the women's
associations of the different
churches.
The decline can be at-
tributed to several reasons.
All of these groups have a
poor national image today,
partly created by the media,
other than the farm press.
None of these organizations
has national relevance today,
very busy,, better educated
and more articulateyounger
women are reluctant to join
single -sex organizations
unless they help to provide job
security and career path
development.
We know that there is a
greater totality of family life
today. Younger women prefer
to socialize with their
husbands. In the cities
espically, they participate as
a unit where issues affect the
whole family. Leisure time
and patterns are centred
around the home. Television
and the print media reassure
women that ,their problems
are not unique. Differences in
standards of life are negligi-
ble between rural and urban
people today.
lamest that you must con-
sider where women's groups,
including those represented
here today, are going. You
need to be united as you put
forward your vieves. To be
quite frank, you have to get
your act together. As I travel
around the province, as I
meet with a variety of people
in agriculture, and as I listen
to some governmentpeople, I
hear doubts raised that many
of the new women's organiza-
tions, including the, farm
ones, will not survive,
because they are single -issue
groups. This may be a
prevalent attitude. If so, 'I
think you must try to combat
it quickly, if you are really
convinced that your organiza-
tion will continue for many
years.
I believe that you should
become more active in the ac-
tivities of the marketing
boards if you are not already
involved. Because you must
be able to adopt very quickly
to changes in the market
place, in the marketing in-
stitutions, and above all to
consumer demands, as the
latter , become more
knowledgeable, more
sophisticated.
Today's consumer is better
educated, much more eager
to experiment with new foods
and beverages and vitally in:
terested in nutrition related to
health. This person tends to
be a grazer. Otte who eats
more meals, but smaller
meals, more often than not in
restaurants, cafeterias or
fast-food outlets. I believe
that consumers will, more
and more, deterniine what is
grown, how it is processed,
packaged and served. Even
Boy George is very serious
when he confesses that he
can't sell music alone and so
adopts his androgynous style.
Forecasting and knowing
where your competition lies
will assure even greater im-
portance in the future.
Having come through a
toughrecession, and
sometimes still suffering its
effects, today's consumer has
adopted certain survival
technique . Unlike those who
w the Depression in
, in 1984 consumers
are unwilling to lower their
standards. - Highly in-
dividualistic, they search for
new ways to achieve their
desires. This is particularly
true of the young urban peo-
ple, commonly known as the
YUPPIES, upwardly mobile
professionals - the trend set-
ters. Wearing mink coats,
they drive in expensive
foreign cars to the warehouse meetings last year said they
food outlets to buy generic were worried about the inac-
name brands. curate image urban people
Al present consumers are had of fanners. I was great -
very health conscious and ly disturbed when Eugene
surprisingly knowledgeable Whelan entered the liberal
in this -field. They often dic- leadership campaign, and a
tate to the industry. For ex- well-known, national colum-
ample, the jury is still out on nist had tagged rural people
the cholesterol issue. But the as BURPIES - standing for
emphasis on low intakes to • those big, unintelligent, rural
prevent heart disease people. •
resulted in a large measure When I spoke at Graduation
for Chicken McNuggets enter- here in May, I challenged the
ing the fast food market. Mac- graduates to become RIP -
Donald's success has been PIES - rural, intelligent peo-
followed by the introduction ple ripping up the many
of other chicken and fish myths about rural life, Help -
dishes by their competitors. -ing to put to rest, once and for
The great increase in chicken all, those untruths. They need
production last year certian- to rest in peace:
ly affected the red meat I think it is imperative that
industry. you join with your urban
Originally, high fibre diets sisters and discuss issues that
centred on wheat. Recently, affect both of you. I believe
research evidence suggested that you will be able to further
that the fibre from beans and the cause of farm women
oats is superior in the preven- much better if you. meet
tion of high blood pressure women who belong to urban
and coronary artery diseases.. groups. I also am convinced
When tl►e F -plan diet book that you must prepare your
was published in the U.K., case well, on any issue, and
white bean sales went qp in be able to present it at a mo -
this part of the world.. ment's notice. I urge you to be
All of this suggests that represented . at the govern -
there will have to be greater ment hearings anticipated in
research at both the scientific the near future.
and consumer levels, if gains What directions might you
are to be made. consider taking? The time
About 30 percent of those has come when you may wish
make subthissions at the
DIRECTIONS 1984 CONFERENCE — Former Centralia College vice-principal Molly
McGhee was one of the guest speakers at the weekend Directions -1984 Conference
at the College. From the left are Molly Mcdhee, Kathy Biondi of the CCAT staff
and Lucan area participants June Henry and Lynda Rapchon. .T -A photo
GB boundary
Continued from front page
John Buechler, who said he
represented all residents on
the lake to the north of the
village as far as Blake, stated
there was no interest of those
residents in changing 'Political
jursidiction from Stephen
Township to Grand Bend. •
Buechler said that there
would be opposition to change
and opposition to arty re-
zoning from agricultural to
commercial designations.
"We feel stronger ties to
Huron County than to Lamb
ton. We've had no difficulties
with the county and we're en-
joying the best relations
-we've ever had y l'th our
township."
When asked, by Lingard, if
there was anything the village
could offer, Buechler said he
felt that disadvantages
outweighed advantages.
Lingard said, "We'd like to
see you have input." Buechler
remained adamant that peo-
ple in his area wished to be
left alone.
Stephen Township Reeve
Allan Waiper, clerk -treasurer
Wilmer Wein and Deputy -
Reeve Ralph Weber were at
the meeting to represent
Stephen Township.
When asked by Ted Hunt,
representing Grand Coves
Estates, about boundaries for
proposed geographical ex-
pansion, Sharen said, that
because of recent discussions,
the village woud probably on-
ly consider expansion to the
south between the lake and
the Ausable River.
Charles Srokosz, former
Reeve of Bosanquet Towpship
and a resident of Southcott
Pines, suggested that the
village would be better to go
to the north, where there's
more developable land".
Srokosz commented, "it's
hard for us to support Grand
Bend when it's hard for us to
use it ourselves. They keep
bringing more people into it.
I try to drive into the village
once during a weekend in the
summer to see if it's human-
ly possible!"
Ross Myeres (Bosanquet
S.P.) said he could see the ad-
vantage in one political com-
munity which would allow a
great selection d canadidates
for public office. He asked if
a ward system might be a
good idea.
In `answer to a question
about assessment and taxes,
balanced with costs for add-
ed administration and ser-
vices, Sharen said that the
ministry's figures, during
negotiations in 1978, indicated
a net gain to the village and
to Bosanquet and a break-
even balance in Stephen.
After the discussion about
past relations with the village
and the townships, S.P. past
president, Edward iskauskas
said, "1 suggest we don't
dwell so much in the past and
look forward to the future".
There was common con-
cern, from representatives of
all groups along the lake, that
there would be more pressure
on roads and on beaches as a
result of village expansion.
Councillor Dennis Snider
said that he had had many en-
quiries about the question —
"a lot of.them,- not for or
against, but none .of them
event
against" (expansion). Hesug-
gested that the village of
Grand Bend affected the life
style of all persons in the
area. -
Chairman, Councillor
Bruce Woodley, closed the
meeting and said the opinions
and comments would be
taken back to council for fur-
ther consideration.
to give this matter priority,
since few organizations make
long-term plans. Do each of
the organizations here today
propose retaining their own
identity and continuing to
work on single issues? Or are
you considering forming a
coalition • to support those
' issues which affect all
women, especially r,ural
women?
Have you considered what
action you will take, if any,
should the decline in member-
ship of the traditional groups
reach a level at which they
wiltbe ineffective? Have you
thought of working through
- them to achieve your goals?
Finally, have you given any
thought to the time when your
representatives might be
ready to take another step
forward and work together
with government and others
to help solve women's issues?
All of you here have leader-
ship abilities. There is a great
deal of talent and energy in
this room, waiting to be
harnessed. Your contribu•
-
tions at the public meetings
were invaluable. The
material which you presented
laid the foundationfor
recognition and action by the
legislature. Surely, now is the
time to become part of thej
solution?" 1
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