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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1977-01-20, Page 12PAQE 12 aLINTOtl NEWSrRECORD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1977 News of Londesboro United church notes Welcoming into the church on Sunday morning by Gordon Shobbrook. The ushers were Diane Bromley, Linda Johnston, Tracy Mitchell and Sharon Thompson. The choir anthem was "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" with Mrs. Glen McGregor organist and Mrs.. Allen Shaddick choi-r director. Rev. McDonald's children's. Story. was "The rope tied to the neck of donkey" Junior teachers were Mrs. Bob• Peel, Cathy Peel,- Mrs. Ted Fothergill and Mrs. Walter Bromley.' The message was "When prayer is not a cop out." Next Sunday will be youth Sunday, and the annual congregational meeting will be held on Monday January 24th at 7 p.m.'with a pot luck supper. Fellowship night Fellowship night was held on Friday night January 14th with a pot luck supper at 7 p.m. The elders' districts were: No. 2, Bert Shobbrook; 6 David Reid; and Bert Lyon; 10, Margaret Taylor; 11, Emerson Hesk; 19, Nelson McClure. Rev. McDonald welcomed all and asked Grace: and after supper some contests were enjoyed. The theme for evening was "Getting to knpw Canada" Go west,. Howard and Marjorie Cartwright showed pict,ures and gave commentary on same on their trip to Alaska, showing pictures from Sault' Ste. Marie to Manitoba and to Banff, Lake Louise and through B.C. to Alaska. They , also had some articles on dlsplay. Emerson Hesk, on behalf of the elders and all present, thanked Howard, Marjorie, Carol and Neil, and Rev. McDonald and Trudy Pollard for convening the evening. Personals Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Keith Allen on the birth of a daughter in Clinton Public Hospital , on January 16, a. sister for Donald Mark, and Drew. Visiting on the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Doug Snell and Julie were Mr. and Mrs. Ken Slad•erHespeler ; Jo Anne Snell of St. Mary's Hospital, Kitchener; Bill Cantelon of Waterloo University; and Mr. and Mrs. Larry Snell and Susan of Goderich. Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Allen Shaddick were Miss Ruth Shaddick •Clinton, Jeff Shaddick . Moorefield, and Lloy of Kitchener when Lloy celebrated her tiitthday. Mr. and Mrs. Doug Snell visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ewart McPherson Lucknow o _Sunday. Cancellations ` last week were the order,of th'e day and this week is beginning the same. Bendix . head office to move to Hensall About 25 additional Bendix employees will be working_in Hensall, when the company's head office completes their Morning prayer was held at St. James Anglican Church, Middleton with Rev. Wm. Bennett in charge, who ad- mitted members of the 1977 Board of Management and installed Officers of the ACW for the new year. ACW meets The January meeting of the ACW .of St. James Anglican Church, Middleton, was held - at the home of Mrs. Fred Middleton, with Lois Wise in, charge. Lois opened the meeting by welcoming the -- ladies and thanked Mrs. Middleton for opening her home on such a cold, stormy evening. Lois gave a reading and Vera Miller presented the annual treasurer's report. Lois Wise then led in the worship service by reading the Invocation. Everyone, joined in to sing a hymn, and Lois Smith read the scripture. The Meditation was read by Lois. Wise' with Lois Smith leading the. reading of the Litany. Shirley Storey- read the secretary's report, and Vera Miller, the treasurer's report. Delores Dutot gave the supply report and read a thank -you for the bale. The social service report . was given by Blanche Deeves and Audrey Middleton and Delores Dutot gave the names of the ladies on their penny saving sides.. A. discussion was then held on sending flowers to the -sick. Lois Smith gave a reading followed by a discussion on the ways of making money in '1977. A contest, held by Lois Wise was won by Estelle Wise. Sarah brought a Christmas card from -bur Prayer Par- tner in Japan and a collection was taken up by Lois Wise, who then closed the meeting in prayer._ Mrs. Middleton then served lunch assisted by Delores Dutot. A short social time was shared by all before everyone started off on the snow- covered roads for.home. Some residents from the area enjoyed the Fair Board . Dance at the Clinton Arena, last Saturday. By all reports, the music was very good. The ACW of St. James Church, Middleton, will hold a card party and auction sale at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Deeves. The fee is $1 per person and ladies are to bring their own lunch. The event will start at 8 p.m., Jan., 27 weather permitting. 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Dave Sherman, vice president of finance, said the company is building an ad- dition to the front of their Oxford St. plant for most of the head office employees and seven or eight other employees are moving to space that's available in the recreational vehicle plant on January 10. "It makes more sense to be beside the factory, par- ticularly for the manufac- turing people,. Mr. Sherman told the Expositor by phone from London. A. few of . the head office employees, in- cluding Mr. Sherman, live in Hensall now, but he said he doubted that many would move their homes to Hensall. Convenience, he said, is the main reason for the move. About 20 years ago when the company had only one plant, the head office was in • Hensall. Y ' Gordon Hill recalls Farmers against organizing at (BY JOHN MINER, many farmers and farm defeated Mr. Hill and .other reform encouraging farmers HURON EXPOSITOR) leaders across the province. farm leaders were left not not to pay the education The man who headed the "I found that most of those sure what to do next. portion of the tax until the crusade to organize Ontario in the Federation of "I :decided that 4 had Government agreed to farmers started out as a non- Agriculture had the same enough. I had been working in reform the system. believer. concerns as we did, but dif- 'farm organizations since 1953 "That was part of being It was in 1954 when Gordon , ferent idea about going about or '54 and trying to run a farm militant as necessary,.. says Hill, • recently retired it. They were quiet, too." Hill. president of the Ontario respectable, m gentlemanly. His retirement. from farm But the most' important Federation of Agriculture, They didn't wept to em- organisations didn't last long. battle in the view of Gordon saw a notice posted on the barrass anyone and weren't Gordon attended the ' fall Hill was the fight to establish wall of- the Varna chopping prepared. to do things to get conwentaon of the Federation a national marketing board ill ' announcing an attention." .; - as a representative from the for such commodities as organizational meeting of the Gordon Hill never had the Farmers' Union. same reluctance, but after "I had been reading a lot of three years as president he articles about how bad -unions felt it was time• to be' back on were. Times were very tough, � his farm outside of Varna. but I decided on the spur of He remained active though, the momenrathat we didn't being heavily involved.,in the want a union. 1 decided to go Ontario Bean Producers' and straighten 'this fellow Marketing Board and various out." caber boards. But the meeting didn't tsurn Then in the late 1960's rural out quite like Gordon ex-unrests began to grow as petted. wheat piled up on prairie "Most of the people simply farms and prices dropped. said the speaker wasn't Mr. Hill participated in the farmers' famous tractor protest ride to Toronto and attended a special conference called by the Minister of Agriculture Bill Stewart to discuss the problems': At this conference Gordon Hill worked closely with the late Malcolm Davidson to thirteen members and Huron . force the conference to focus on farm incomes. "We thought the conference would degenerate into the usual discussion on productivity and the matter of income would be lost en- tirely." Incomes Mr. Hill and Mr. Davidson moved that the conference be stopped and the agenda rewritten so that farm in- comes would be -discussed. The motion was defeated, but it set the mood for the rest of the conference and farm incomes were discussed. It was decided to set up a special committee to study the problem and Gordon Hill was given a seat on it. The major recom- mendation of the committee was that . a single general, farmers' organization be set up to which every farmer had to pay a levy. In the ensuing • campaign, Mr. Hill strongly supported establishing a. General • Farmers' . Organization which the farmers' Union opposed. :"igen . the G.F.O. was telling the truth. We decided to hold another meeting in two weeks and check out what he said in the meantime. By the next -meeting I had pretty well decided it was the truth. Two of us signed up for six dollars membership fee." Two members soon became County had its first local of the Farmers' Union set up in Varga. "We became missionaries to spread the gospel of the Farmers' Union., .Our membership grew to about 50 mgs ers' and there were •local's" —'set up in Goderich, Crediton, Zurich and St. Joseph's." Huron County became one of the main counties of ..the Farmers' Union and men like Gordon Hill travelled to other counties to speak on the virtues of organization. Then -in 1957 Albert Cormack, • president 'of the O.F.U. decided not to stand for re- election and Gordon Hill was elected in his place. • "When I was elected I had no hired man, a young family, and I didn't know who the hell was going to run the farm." Fortunately for Gordon and Ontario farmers he was able to hire a man to run the farm and put his energies into strengthening the Farmers' Union. It was during this period that Mr. Hill got to know Brenda Dupee shows off her style and graceful movemnetlt4,. during the senior skaters' dance number at the Clintoh Follies last Sunday afternoon. Brenda is a member of the Clinton. Figure Skating Club.. (News -Record photo) ' Bean Board and by the end of eggs. the meeting he was president "It was a hell of a fight. I of the Ontario Federation of think if it hadn't been for the Agriculture. • ' • • OFA the legislation would STYLE CHANGED . never have been continued" 'IYhe„style of the Federation he said. soon changed under his 0 , Back to Huron leadership. Now seven years after "Our motto was `respon- taking the job as president sihle as possible, and militant Gordon Hill has decided to as necessary'. We believed ih°' come back to his farm in negotiations around the table, Huron County.' but if we didn't get results we "I felt it was time for a new were prepared •to do face and a new man. The something more.” Federation has grown to the The membership of the point where there is a large Federation was reformed so number of members, -but they that individual farmers could don't understand how to use become direct members the organization to be in - instead of the Federation fluential". "I think that is the simply being an organization skill of the new president of different farm commodity • Peter Hannam - to show boards and co-ops. And a people how to use the campaign was launched to organization." bring more members into the Mr, Hill also points to the Federation. need to get younger people The Federation took stands involved in the Federation as on such issues as property tax a reason for his retirement. rst 4 . „ r "I think young people feel the pressures of farming more than us older ones do. They should have their day in the saddle too.” "And I'r'l tired." Looking ahead Gordon has many concerns for the future of farming in Ontario.. He predicts that the next few years will not. be as prosperous as ones have been in the past and he is worried about consumer advocates who view the farmers as the enemy. The large arhounts of capital that a farmer needs to get started also bothers him. But' he has no fears -that„ the familyfarm will disappear. "In the sense that it la the family that takes the risks, finds the capital, and does the managing, the family farm will be here as longus there is farming." He is opposed to companies such as McCains which "have operated as buccaneers". "They charge top price for everything and pay the lowest. I think they are simply ruthless buccaneers which shouldn't in any event get government support." "Food processing plants should decide whether or not they want to produce 'or process. I don't' thinC they should be involved in both." These five ladies competed for the title of 1977 Winter Carnita1 Queen last Thursday, and Nancy Kuehl, left, emerged the winner. Nancy, 18, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bud Kuehl. The other contestants, left to right are, Wendy Gibbings, 18 -year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gibbings; first runner-up, Anne Jonkman, 23, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Jonkman, Listowel; 18 -year-old Pat Anstett, daughter of Mr: John Anstett; and Cheryl Jefferson, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dori Jefferson. (News -Record ph)oto) 1/2 PRICE LADIES' WEAR INCLUDING *CAR COATS * DRESSES * SKI JACKETS *COATS (REG. $17.95) PIu's many other Items ' all at Y ,.Price! MEN'S WEAR - SPECIAL LOTS *LEISURE SUITS * SWEATERSPECIAL * JERSEYS.'(T-SH I RTS) *SHIRTS LOT• * DOESKIN FLANNEL SHIRTS 8 ONLY all at ' Price! VICTORIA ST. CLINTON Weekend Special GIRL'S WEAR -size 7-14 INCtrUDIN4. *CAR COATS *COATS *PANT SUITS *DRESSES * SKI JACKETS * BLOUSES *SWEATERS All at 1/2 Price! SPECIAL LOT! •GIRL'S -SIZE 4=6X * SKI -D00 SUITS * SKI JACKETS At '/s Price! 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