HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1978-04-20, Page 16PAGE 16—CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1978
FOA petitions corn marketing plan
By Keith Roulston
The Huron County
Federation of Agriculture
decided it must take a more
active part in gaining names
for the petition for a vote on a
corn marketing plan when it
met for its April meeting last
Thursday in Ethel.
Gordon Hill of Varna was
leader of the move to get the
county Federation more
involved in the drive for
names. The petition was put
into circulation last fall by the
Ontario Federation of
Agriculture (OFA) and so far
has only gained about 850
names (as of March 20). The
petition must be signed by
1,500 farmers in the province
who have sold more than 400
bushels of corn in any of the
past three years before the
Ontario Farm Products
Marketing Board will con-
sider calling for a vote on a
marketing plan for corn.
Mr. Hill said that the 850
names didn't seem like much.
He said that Huron's showing
of about 100 names so far
wasn't a very good showing
for a county that "has as
much potential for corn as
Huron". He said more effort
had to be made than passing
the petition around at
meetings, that it had to be a
more personal approach.
Federation president Alan
Walper admitted that
"perhaps we've been lax" in
the drive for names but noted
that the Federation had held
a special meeting on the topic_
and it had been discussed
several times at monthly
meetings. He said he felt if
corn producers want the plan,
they, should do the work of
getting the names.
Mr. Hill agreed that it
should be corn producers who
do the work but that they
must make more effort to go
out and get signatures. Lesley
Caldwell of Blyth stated that
• he had found that once the
proposal was explained to
farmers in their homes they
were happy to sign but they
want to know about what
they're signing.
Carl Hemingway of
Brussels questioned the 400
bushels of sales stipulation
and wondered if the proposed
plan would prevent those who
normally grow corn for their
own use from selling that
corn in the future. Mr. Hill
said there was no such in-
tention.
It was finally agreed to get
the township federations to
organize a drive to new
members.
Guest speaker for the
meeting was Mel Maclntyre,
executive secretary of the
Ontario Mutual Insurance
Associations who explained
the new farm insurance
policies offered by most of the
52 farm mutual insurance
companies in the province. In
the course of a question
period he warned farmers
against the use of
polyurethane insulation
blown into barns and left
uncovered.
If the insulation is covered,
he said, it is perfectly good
insulation but if left un-
covered it can turn a small
fire into a raging inferno in a
few minutes. Some fire
departments won't even let
their crews go near a building
if it has such insulation
because of the danger of flash
fires, he said_
Roy Pattison of East
W a wanosh reported on the
progress of the 1978 Inter-
national Plowing Match near
Wingham, saying that more
space than ever before had
been booked at this stave.
Shirley Weary.
spokesperson for the Huron
county high school teachers
made a presentation at the
meeting to outline the
teachers' version of events
prior to and during the
current strike in county high
schools. (The board of
education had made a similar
presentation at the
Federation's March meeting
in Hensall).
She said that at the
beginning of negotiations the
Board had deleted 19 of 23
items included in last year's
contract. Eventually she said
the dispute came down to two
outstanding issues_ She
denied that teachers were
trying to work in extra jobs
through their fight for a
reduction in workload. What
teachers want, she said, was
an evening out of the
workload_ She sited an
example of one teacher who
taught 95 students while
another teaching the same
subject in the same school
had to teach 200_ It would be
fairer if each had about 160
students to teach, she said _
Fee said that the only
solution to the strike seemed
to be if people applied
bressure to get arbitration
rought in_ She was generally
received politely by the
farmers present but later
when Jim McIntosh of
Tuckersmith township
brought in a resolution calling
for both sides to submit to
binding , or voluntary ar-
bitration (he said he had
made the resolution before he
knew teachers would be
presenting their case) the
move did not receive such a
warm reception_ After three
speakers had begun the
debate George Underwood of
Turnberry township made a
motion to table the resolution_
It was quickly seconded and
approved_
Whelan announces new
FCC interest rates
Agriculture Minister
Eugene Whelan announced
last week a change in the
interest rates charged by the
Farm Credit Corporation.
The interest rate for loans
under the Farm Credit Act
will be 9% percent and nine
percent under the Farm
Syndicates Credit Act.
"These rates are reviewed
twice a year and fixed on
April 1 and October 1 for the
following six months. The
rates are based on the yields
on government bonds and
investments,'' said Mr_
Whelan.
The rate for the period
ending on March 31, 1978, was
9% percent for loans under
the Farm Credit Act and 834
percent for loans under the
Farm Syndicates Credit Act.
He said that the increase is
the result of continued up-
ward pressure in the last six
months on interest rates in
the Canadian economy.
Today's change is required
by the Regulations under the
Farm Credit Act.
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Harvey Atchison, a forester; Fred Radley, on lines; June Bierling, from the office staff
and Dave Marshall, on lines represented the Clinton office of Ontario Hydro when they
were presented frith an accident free performance award for 1977 from Grant Bainbridge,
right, the regional manager from London.. This additional award means that the area
office has accumulated 5,317 days, 1,1855,364 nianhours or 14y2 years since their last lost
time injury. (News -Record photo)
News from the Constance area
By Mary Merner
Court Constantine L1842
held their meeting on
Thursday April 13 in the hall_
Business discussed during the
evening included: plans for
making tickets for the quilt,
which will be raffled off at a
later date; and Wellie
Wammes was appointed to
the Chicken Barbecue
Committee.
Court Fascination of
Benmiller 95 holding
initiation on May 24, birthday
party will be held the first
week of June in Benmiller,
remodelling of the basement
has been started.
Court Constantine invite
both men and women to their
dessert euchre to be held on
Thursday evening April 20 at
8 p.ni.
Personals
Fifty friends and relatives
of Mr. and Mrs. John
Wammes Sr. gathered at the
hall on Saturday evening to
celebrate their 35th wedding
anniversary.
Weekend visitors with Mr.
and Mrs. John Thompson,
Sharon and Bob, Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Thompson and
Leisa were Mr_ and Mrs_
Andy Thompson of Oakville
and Mr. and Mrs. Terence
Hunter of Colborne township.
Congratulations to Mr. and
Mrs. Doug Richardson (nee
Gisela Dorrance) on the birth
of a daughter on Thursday
April 13. Elizabeth Ann is a
sister for Andrew and
granddaughter for Mr_ and
Mrs. Ed Dorrance.
Mrs. John Thompson ac-
companied by Mrs. Vi
Armstrong of Southfield
Michigan who had been
visiting with the Hunters,
drove to Sarnia on Sunday,
where Mrs_ Robert Reynolds
met them to take her home to
Southfield_
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Merner,
Sandy, Julie, Michael and
Shelley and Mrs. George
Mcllwain visited on Sunday
with Mrs_ Art McMichael,
Rhonda, Jeff, Scott and Jesse
of Dungannon_
Mr_ and Mrs_ Sam McClure
met her sister Mrs_ Aleita
White of Saskatchewan in
Barrie on Monday, she will be
visiting with the McClures for
a couple of weeks.
Mr. and Mrs_ George Turner.
Barry and Bonnie of
Tuckersmith, Mr_ and Mrs_
E.F. Warren of London were
Sunday visitors with Mr_ and
Mrs_ Reg Lawson, John and
Elizabeth_
Mrs_ Hudson Woodruff of
St David's spent' the past
week visiting with Mrs_ W_L_
Whyte, Bill and Mr_ Harold
Whyte.
Mr_ and Mrs_ Clayton Ellis
of Summerhill visited on
Monday evening with Mr_ and
Mrs_ Frank Riley_
Mr.. and Mrs. David
Preszcator, Christine, Lisa,
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Hol.iesville 4-H
The Holmesville 11 Quilting
Bees had their seventh4-H
club meeting on Aprill 4_
The meeting topic was
emergency first aid and
babysitting_ The leaders
showed the girls how to do
mouth to mouth resuscitation
on a doll and later the
members gave a real baby a
bath_ The girls Qaere told how
to babysit the proper way_
For the meeting the girls
played a game and the
leaders conducted a lesson_
They learned what foods they
should and shouldn't eat and
they were also told that they
should exercise more often_
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