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With timely r•'in and
perfect weather for the 1984
Pork Congress at Stratford,
crowds for the event were at
record levels.
Crowds were treated to
many new and interesting
events as the Congress con-
tinues to improve on the pro-
gram so everyone is involved.
As Congress President, Dave
Ireland, said, "It is your
show," and everyone in the
pork industry found some pro-
gram at the Congress to be of
interest. There was more in
1984. More interest in the
competitions, more involve-
ment in the Education Pro-
gram and the exhibitors went
to more work to display their
product. The Congress has
been and will be the showcase
of the pork industry.
The Congress was opened
by Alexander Bernitz who is
Agricultural expert to the
American Ambassador. The
message was clear. If Ontario
pork producers thought that
American pork producers
were hurting our market,
they would be trying to close
down the border for U.S.
hogs. Bernitz also indicated
that there is a strong
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MABEL McNAUGHTON marked her 90th birthday June
22. A resident of Granton, Miss McNaughton celebrated
with friends on Thursday and spent her birthday on
Friday in Stratford.
preference in the United
States for our high quality
pork. As Richard Smelski,
Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food, Swine
Specialist has said, that to
compete in the world market
we must produce a quality
product at competitive prices.
The first sale of the Con-
gress is always the Pig Art
held Tuesday evening. This
year there were many very
interesting and professional
items in the Competition. The
winner in the Fine Arts was
Irene Lindsay, Ilderton,
whose painting sold to Moses
Farm Systems for $520.
Also held on Tuesday even-
ing at the PigNic is the sale of
hams, loins and bacon from
the Market Hog Competition.
This year the grand champion
carcass was shown by Jack
Verburg. The 23.9 Ib. ham
sold to H & M Silo Structures
for $55 per Ib., 19.8 Ib. loin was
sold to Grand Valley For-
tifiers for $'LO per lb. and
Master Feeds bought the 9.5
Ib. bacon for $11 per lb. Before
the sale, the cuts are the
finest pork; after, they
become gold worth a total of
$10,132.
The Feeder Pig Competi-
tion had a new class this year.
Instead of showing a group of
six, they added a competition
for a class of 12. In the new
competition, John Perrin of
Drumbo was,first and his 12
pigs sold to Quality Swine.
Quality Swine also bought the
Reserve lot shown by Jack
Verburg of Chatham.
The Champion Feeder Pigs
were shown by Gerald Miller
of Kerwood and sold to Hyde
Park Farm Supply for $155
each. The Reserve Champion
was Matt Marui, Mitchell and
his pigs sold to Farmix for
$140 each.
This year's Open Gilt Show
was moved to Monday even-
ing to take the pressure off the
Township Purebred Show and
Be prepared
"There is no such thing as
a drownproofed backyard
pool," says Ed Bean, National
Technical Director of the
Royal Canadian Life Saving
Society Canada. Pool owners
are' well advised to spend
some time now in making
sure their backyards are safe
for summer fun. The Royal
Life Saving Society offers
these tips:
Make sure every member
of your family learns to swim.
Always ensure there is
trained supervision on the
pool deck - not from the kit-
chen window.
The minimum training for
those who should supervise
your pool should be the
Bronze Medallion. The age
prerequisite for the Bronze is
14 years. Swimmers are
ONEIDA
BAND
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MARCHES
One of the many bands partici
sall Centennial parade was the Oneida Indian marching
pating
and concert
in Monday's Hen -
band.
trained in victim recognition,
accident prevention, basic
first aid and resuscitation.
Post the emergency
medical services phone
number by your telephone
where everyone can see it.
- Practise an emergency pro-
cedure - w o does what, and
in what der.
Pre re a first aid kit that
is ea ' y accessible to the pool
an make sure everyone
knows where it is.
Establish your pool safety
rules and enforce them: a
"no -pushing" rule alone will
go a long way in avoiding
accidents.
Check out and adhere to
local by-laws regarding fenc-
ing and locks, etc.
Be extra vigilant when food
or alcohol are mixed with
swimming fun.
Help locate
lost brother
The Exeter police depart-
ment has helped a British Col-
umbia man contact a brother
whom he has not seen for the
past 38 years.
A letter was received at the
police office this week in-
dicating that such enquiries
had been made across
western Canada, but without
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Sale. Supreme grand cham-
pion gilt was shown by Bill
Turnbull of Brussels and sold
to Robert Lesebvre of St.
Hugues, Quebec. Reserve
was a bred gilt shown by Ver-
non Sweitzer of Burks Falls.
Mr. Lesebvre also bought the
supreme champion boar
shown by Bill Turnbull of
Brussels for $U00 and the
champion Landrace gilt
shown by John Hessles of
Goderich for 81900. Henry
DeWolde of Ashburn and Don
Jack of Dundalk shared in the
purchase of the champion
Hampshire gilt shown by
Paul Karges of Gorrie and
paid $1700.
The grand champion live
barrow was shown by Bruce
Woodhouse of Clarksburg and
sold to Daco for $2.00 per Ib.
The reserve champion was
sold by Lloyd Heldmann of
Drumbo and sold to Grand
Valley Fortifiers at 82.08 per
lb.
Interest in the Junior Bar-
d Junior Showmanshi
row an p
competitions were up this
year. Charlie Andrews from
Ohio, the judge of these com-
petitions, said the quality of
pigs were as good as he had
Ryer judged, and they were
from keen competitors in the
showmanship class. Cham-
pion showman was Peter
Bancroft, from Newton and
reserve was Brent Robinson
from Walton. The champion
barrow was shown by Kevin
Dewar of Monkton and pur-
chased by Quality Swine for
$2.00 per Ib. The reserve was
shown by Rod DeWolde and
purchased by Grand Valley
Fortifiers for $1.85 per ib.
Gerald Miller of Kerwood
won the Truckload Competi-
tion and Bruce Woodhouse
was runner-up. Grand Valley
Fortifiers bought the winning
lot for $2.00 per Ib. and
runner-up was sold to Ontario
Pork Producers' Marketing
Board for $1.00 per lb.
The new "hands-on" educa-
tion program was a huge suc-
cess. The eight activity areas
were busy throughout the
whole day. The producers
who came to the Congress to
find answers to problems or
what is in the future for hog
production, were not disap-
pointed. The formal education
presentations in the new.
Education Center were also
well attended.
Pork producers are great
innovators. This year's com-
petition in the Innovations
Class brought many entries:
Video tapes were on hand to
success. tell you about the innovations
The local police ran the or you could take in a formal
name through the informa- presentation put on by the
tion setup and were able to winners. The proceedings
find a man with the name for the Education Program
outlined in the letter. He is a and the Producer Innovations
resident of London and the are still available from On -
letter was forwarded to him. tario Pork Congress, Box 61,
The letter indicated that the Stratford, N5A 6S8.
B.0 roan had been advised by For the consumer. the pork
his father at an early age that cutting demonstration and the
his mother, sister and brother microwave demonstration
had died in a house fire. The were very interesting and in -
man just recently discovered formative. On the lighter side,
that the story was untrue and the Celebrity Cookoff were
started the search for his also a real crowd pleaser
family. bringing together media per-
sonalities for a fun -filled
barbeque competition.
This year we introduced an
award for the exhibitor who
best conveyed his message in
an attractive and orderly
fashion. The "Most Effective
Exhibit" award was
presented at the banquet to
United Co-operatives of On-
tario. The fact that Pork Con-
gress exhibitors display such
a high degree of profes-
sionalism in their booth made
it very difficult for the judges
to make their decisions.
The food and souvenir com-
mittees tried very hard to be
very creative to come up with
new ideas for the 1984 --Con-
gress. The crowd responded
very well by purchasing the
new Pork Nuggets and the
latest in pork souvenirs.
On Wednesday, June 20. the
Ontario Pork Congress held
their annual banquet with the
largest turnout in recent
years. Twenty-one pork pro-
ducers and their wives were
on hand to receive the Pork
Producer Award for their
outstanding leadership in the
pork industry.
The volunteers who make
up the Pork Congress once
again showed the dedication
it takes to put on a true pork
industry show. The Pork Con-
gress is the Show for
everyone involved in the pork
industry. The planning for the
1985 Congress will start in Oc-
tober. Please feel free to
become part of the winning
Ontario Pork Congress team.
Rummage
at Bayfield
aim -
On Friday, July 13 at 8 p.m.
Pioneer Park Association is
holdling its 37th annual rum-
mage sale in the Bayfield
Arena.
Monies raised at the rum-
mage sale go towards
maintenance and upkeep of
Pioneer Park which is located
in Bayfield overlooking Lake
Huron. Over the generations
scores of spectacular sunsets
have been viewed from this
vantage point. In recent sum-
mers the Park's ugs'h1ve ex-
panded to include volleyball,
music and concerts and out-
door movies.
The various departments of
the rummage sale are hard-
ware, baking, silent auction,
treasures, clothes, books.
sporting goods, housewares
and plants.
This is a volunteer effort
and all items for sale are
donated. We request, though,
that electric appliances be in
working order.
The rummage sale is a
premier Bayfield social
event. A good time is had by
all.
GETS ALL ROUND CORD — Diane McCarter of t e Exeter Girl Guides recently
in the All Round Cord award. Making the presentation are
Marie Cook. T -A photo
received a top honour
pelf
and
Anne
FISH SERVED — The Bluewater Shrine Club staged their popular fish fry to open
the many special dining features of the Hensall centennial. Lee Jennison, left,
stands ready with a tray of the delicacy as Bill Chandler serves customers. Other
Shriners down the line added •otatoes cole slaw dessert and coffee to the plates.
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LOOKING AFTER THE SICK — The Hensall Oddfellows and Rebakahs float in Mon-
day's Centennial parade showed their care of the sick and needy with hospittal•beds
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HAVING BREAKFAST — Among those attending one of the firemen's breakfasts
were former Hensall resident Brian Christian (left) Marg Varley, Harry Moir,
Darlene Varley, Bevan Moir, Betty Sangster and Blair Moir (back to camera).
CERAMICS — Brenda Russell (left) and Sheila Regier
dressed in period costume while manning the ceramics
display at the Hensall Centennial arts and crafts show.
BROWNIES FLY UP —
the season. Back, left,
Julie Webster, Gorissa
tyne, Gillian Simpson,
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A number of Exeter Brownies became Girl Guides at the recent windup banquet for
Stacey Thurman, Teri Kerr, Linda Snell, Lisa Wareham, Julie McLeod, Allison Walker,
White and Melinda Nethercott. Front, Rachel Nutt, Jennifer Heywood, Cheryl Ballan-
Sorah Darling, Shonyn Baynham, Tara Edwards and Stephanie Cook. T -A photo
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The Grand Bend beach enjoyed one of its busiest times over
the
weekend... highlighted by the contestants for the Miss Burgerfest crown who are shown lined
up here prior to the event.
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