HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1978-01-26, Page 3"We're good friends," Russell Bolton (left) explained about
his Scottish acquaintance Alex Blackwell who comes from
Aberdeenshire, Scotland: Both men are world champions
from the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto. Mr. Bolton, from
Seaforth has won the hay title, six years in a row while Mr.
Blackwell has taken the title in the barley competition for
the past seven years.
New Huron nurses group plan' meeting
A fledgling nurses'
organization formed six
weeks ago in London to fight a
proposal by the College of
Nurses of Ontario hopes to
gain support by staging a
meeting for Huron nurses in
Exeter this Sunday.
NURSE (Nurses United for
Registration Security and
Employment) was founded
when the college sent
proposals to registered
nurses and nursing assistants
that would require them, as of
1980, to work at least 50 days
in any one year of the
previous five to qualify for a
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elementary schools using
portables usually had no class
rotation and the students
were in the rooms all day. He
added that in the case of
secondary schools the
students are in and out of the
portables every teaching
period.
"If a student has to go to the
washroom he either puts on
his hat and coat to go or he
opens the door and runs," he
• said. He added that when he
was teaching he was assigned
to a portable for a year and
had a head cold "the entire
year". ''
certificate of competence.
One of the founders of
NURSE, Barbara Dundas
will be the guest speaker for
the meeting planned for
Huron nurses at the new
South Huron rec centre on
Sunday, January 29 at 2 p.m.
At a similar rally in London
this past weekend, the ranks
of NURSE jumped from 30 to
300 as nurses backed the
movement to fight the college
proposals.
At that time, Mrs. Dundas
said that the proposal
discriminates against those
nurses who must leave the
He explained that the
portables are leased by the
board and under the terms of
the lease the board is entitled
to one free move of each unit.
He said that if the move isn't
free the board has to pay $430
if the unit is moved less than
60 feet.
The director said the three
page document from the fire
marshal's office listed the
requirements for each unit
considered to be a problem
and asks the board to let the
fire marshal know what it is
prepared to do to alter the
situation.
province to find jobs, who
can't find enought part-time
work, who stop work for
health or family reasons or
who want to start work again
some time in the future.
"No other profession is
faced with this regulation,"
she said.
The college mailed its
proposals to nurses holding
current registration in
Ontario eight weeks ago and
asked for comments by
March 15. The purpose of the
proposals, the college said,
was to ensure the public
would receive . competent
nursing care.
It said the current practice
of renewing certificates
annually for a $6 fee with no
other conditions "is not
always in the public in-
terest".
Under the proposals, if a
Mrs: ,Dundas said 'N U1<s1
isn't opposed to refresher
courses, workshops or
required readings to update
nursing skills but the group
is unwilling to support a re-
entry program whose details
are unspecified.
Several people at the
London meeting objected to a
number of working days
being set up as a means of
competency. It was also
noted that the public's right to
competent nursing care is
already well -provided for
under the Health Disciplines
Act.
London South MPP Gordon
Walker is sympathetic to the
NURSE cause and has
written health minister Denis
Timbrell that the college's
proposals are "not for the
good of the (nursing)
nurse failed to meet the profession".
regulations, she would have Walker's letter calls the
to complete a "re-entry opposition to the proposals
program" to obtain a cqm- "the tip of the iceberg" and
petency certificate. says the nurses "will doub-
Nurses have expressed tless raise a lobby, the likes of
concern that the college is which we haven't seen for a
vague about the nature of long time, and I think they
such a program -where it% are right."
would be held, who would The" Exeter meeting for all
give iti its availability to all Huron RN's and RNA's is
nurses, the cost to the in- being organized by four
dividual and the taxpayer. Exeter nurses who attended
the London rally. ,
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People in Profile:
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Bolton won't give hay secret
by Shelley McPhee
Russell Bolton, 76, claims it's a Huron
County secret and he should know, since
he's won the hay world championship at
the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto for the
past six years.
However, Mr." Bolton of RR 1,
Seaforth, is not the only farmer in Huron
to take the title as Hay King and he noted
that Huron has won the honor 14 times
out of the past 17 years. The Americans
have won three times.
Bob Alien of Brucefield began the
trend in 1958 and again took the award in
1962 and 1963. Then in 1964, Wilbert
Keyes of Varna was the winner. In 1965
and 1966 Bob Fotherington of Seaforth
won the championship and in 1969 and
1971 Russell Dallas of Brucefield took
the title.
Since 1972, Mr. Bolton has had his
name inscribed six times on the large
trophy donated by White-Cockshutt
Farm Equipment. The massive trophy,
which sits in the Agricultural Hall of
Fame in Milton, includes a figurine and
a tractor and wagon with a load of hay on
top.
Although the trophy remains in the
Hall of Fame, Mr. Bolton has a wall full
of first prize, champion and world
champion ribbons, plus a cabinet full of
silver trays he has received over the
years he has won the competition.
There are five different classes of hay
involved in the competition, however
Mr. Bolton only participates in the class
which involves second cut hay with 85
per cent of more Legume.
In 1977 there were 87 entries in the hay
division. Although it is a worldwide
competition, most of the competitors
come from North America.
Judges look at a sample of hay which
is two flakes of ai bale. Mr. Bolton ex-
plained that one flake is four inches deep
by 14 inches by 18 inches.
"The judges look " for purity and
quality," Mr. Bolton explained, "Color
probably has more to do with it than
anything, they look for natural color."
Although he's not about to give away
his secrets of growing a top quality crop
of hay, Mr. Bolton noted that hay
Tuckersmith gets
new dog catcher
Tuckersmith Township has a new
animal control officer this week, after
their first woman officer resigned after
only three weeks on the job. •
Council, at a special meeting last
Monday night, hired Philip Bradley of
Brucefield to replace Marie Fitzsimons
of Bayfield, who resigned Monday night.
Bradley will be paid $4 per hour, the
same as Fitzsimons, and given 17 cents a
mile for car allowance. Both will be paid
only for time on the part time job.
Clerk Jack MacLaughlin said that all
complaints are still to go through the
clerk's office and. Mr. Bradley will sell
the dog tags.
"Council is hoping for co-operation
from the residents to keep their dogs
under control.," Clerk MacLaughlin
said.
especially needs good weather when it is
curing.
"The hay this year was short because
of the dry spring but we were lucky that
we missed the wet weather later on," he
noted.
Along with growing hay, Mr. Bolton
and his two sons Art and Mac work 350
acres of land near Winthrop and grow
pedigreed seeds. Their crops include
barley, oats, wheat and white beans.
A plaque on the wall that features his
number ribbons, also gives Mr. Bolton
the recognition of an outstanding service
award from the Pedigreed Seed
Grower's Association for the 20 years he
has grown pedigreed seeds.
And that's not all, another plaque
given to Mr. Bolton in 1972 recognizes his
14 years of work on the Ontario Wheat
Producers Board.
You have to wonder when Mr. Bolton
finds time to farm. In 1958 he helped
organize Huron, Bruce, Grey,
Wellington, Perth, Waterloo and Duf-
ferin Counties into the wheat board.
Along with that he is a past president
of the Huron County Soil and Crop
Improvement Association.
"It's a very active organization in
Huron County. It has been for years, one
of the best," Mr. Bolton explained.
In the past when Mr. Bolton raised
pigs, he was also involved in the Hog
Board.
Among his souvenirs and information
that he has gathered through his
agricultural work is a letter dated in 1932
from L. W. Pearsall, the director of Hog
Graders. The letter was asking for Mr.
Bolton's advice on whether hogs could be
produced at a profit under the conditions
then present. In the letter it was noted
that the market level prices for hogs
during the months of June and July of
that year ranged from $4 to $4.75.
"My wife then got me into the Bacon
Litter Competition," he remembered.
In 1931 Mr. Bolton took first prize with
his "old" sow and 15 piglets.
Mr. Bolton is also a member of the
Ontario Federation of Agriculture, the
past president of the Seaforth
Agriculture Society and former chair-
man of the Seaforth District High
School. He's also been a returning of-
ficer for three federal elections and nine
provincial ones.
"It's been a busy life, but we've en-
joyed it," Mr. Bolton noted.
He and his wife Edna celebrated their
50th wedding anniversary in 1977.
Being actively involved and informed
in agriculture seems to be a family trend
with the Boltons. One son Art, who lives
on the home farm, is the director on the
Ontario Crop Insurance Commission and
Art's son Carl, who also farms, is in his
third year at the Ontario Agriculture
College.
Mac Bolton, Russell's other son, lives
in Walkerton and is the ag represen-
tative for Bruce County.
Both sons have degrees from the
Ontario Agricultural College.
Despite Mr. Bolton's high credentials
and knowledge as a farmer, he still
remains modest and has not let his title
of Hay King go to his head.
Although he is proud of his ac-
complishments, he also praises the
Huron County soil as an aid to his top hay
but is not overly confident, and noted,
"We're going to try again, but one of
these times we're going to get beat."
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Wall of ribbons
"I had to move these ribbons to a larger space," explained Russell Bolton.
first place championship and world championship ribbons have been gathered
over the past six years that Mr. Bolton has captured a world hay championship at
the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto. (News -Record photo)
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