The Wingham Advance-Times, 1968-01-11, Page 4Page 4--Wingtaam Advance7Jimes, Thursday, Jan. 11, 1988
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Farmers' Future Could Improve
A 'meeting held in Toronto onFriday
of -last week may prove an important mile-
stone in the histbry, not only of Ontario
farmers, but in the economic life of gathering
representatives of the Ontario Federation
of Agriculture and the Ontario Farmers'
Union sat down to discuss the possibilities
of merging the two groups.- As a:' result,
a stdt committee has been ,set up to re-
port to the memberships of the two bodies
by May of this year.
If the two farm organizations merge,
the agricultural 'producers of the province
will be able to speak with a very loud
voice. Eventual benefits to jarmerscill
depend entirely upon the wisdom-ONhe
policy -makers within the organization. If-
., they are sufficiently far-sighted to grasp
_the sig9ificance, of the changes Which are
taking place all about us, the next genera-
tion of farmers will be fortunate indeed.
Tho Federatio'n of Agriculture was born
of dire necessity and established with the -
best of good intentic>ns. Its 'founders
were intent upon the age-old dream of
lifting the tiller of the soil from the peas-
ant class to which he has traditionally be-
longed since the beginning of time. The
Federatiorcrightly recognized the fact that
`farmers are human beings with intelli-
gence and ambitions to be satisfied.
TRe Federation has always contended
that the farmer should receive a monetary
:return for his labor, at least comparable'
to. his counterpart in business or industry.
The Farm Union held to the same belief,
but piosued a—much more militant COurse
in its attempt to reach the .same goal.
Where the Federation relied upon strong
and persistent lobbying at both- provincial
and federal government doors for higher
subsidies,. the union advocated and tried to
organize actual strikes and production
skiw-downs.
In -a- day and age when every gr up
with sufficient. voting strength is odf to
.get everything Possible for its owl
.bers,. we cannot, 'condemn the, „methods
ernplE)Yed-iby dither of the farm organize-
, . tions—laut we dobelieve that they should
by now be mature enough to follow more
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enlightened courses of action.
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Both- the Federation and the farm-
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Union are late in °recognizing the need for
a sound educational program, so that the
ybunger members, who will guide the
destinies of farm organizations in a few
years' time, will be better informed about
the economic trends which are likely to
control our nation a few years hence.
YoOng farmers are in need of an intelli-
gent understanding of the economic merits
Of larger and more efficient farniing op-
erations. To many this sort of thinking
is heresy; it spells the_cloom of the family
farm. Perhaps it is time to'admit that
the fact that the family farm of 100 acres,
is &most a thing of the past. Most 'pro-
gressivi farmers know that survival in the
agricultural industry today places a very
definite floor limit on the sizelaf a success-
ful farming operation.
Farm organizations, too, should take a
long look at food prices. Two facts are
evident; the .farmer isn't getting enough'
for his produce — and the averagework-
ing man is paying too much to feed ,his
• family. •It's- a smart housewife- who tan
buy the week's meat, groceries and milk
for a family or five or six on less -than
$40.00. if her husband earns $85.0Q in
the samec period there isn't too much 1pft
for allf'he other needs'.
Nor is it true that the processors and
distributors who bring :the food products -
t� the consumer are becoming million- •
naires -atthe, expense of the farmers. They
operate •in an area of business which is
highly competitive and thus must keep
their profit 'levels at a reasonable figure
or face extinction at the hands of their
competition.
- Industry has long. since faced the fact
- that efficiency , of production is vital to
exittence. Every hour of the day the search
goes, on to find better and faster ways of
prodicing the goods 'turned out in our
factories. Those industries Which fall be-
hind in the race for efficiency don't.%surr
vive too 19ng.
The'sakie thing is true'of agriculture.
' The road to economic success does not lie
in more and bigger subsidies—but in bet
•ter methods and more 'productive fields
and herds.
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Winter weather ,certainly doesn't seem -
to be influenced a great deal by the mo-
dernization of transportation '
Despite the fact that our cars are con
tinually improved. with better -brakes and
better lights:and a wide range of safety
•devices, when .01c1 Man Winter decides •
to whoop it up we can still get caught in
blizzards just as severe as any our grand-
parents ever saw.. •
• _Through the Spring„ summer and fall, .
car drivers'become,completely accustomed
to the efficient operation of their modern'.
cars anct so tend to belaken by surprise
*en visibility fails and road surfaces •
get tricky in rthe first bad storms, of the
winter.. ,s•Pti,• ,
Even the most experienced drivers for-
get, momentarily, that good brakes' don't ,
help a bit unless there is a solid, dry sur-
face for the tires to grip. Good head-
lights don't Mean a thing when the snow •
is blowing solidly across the road from
the tops of the drifts. ,
Our present-day mode of living makes
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winter driving a .necessity, of course,' but
more' drivers should take their lead. from
the onerators of the bio,-,sno'w. pldsw" s. They
stay „off the roads when the storms are at
their height, in %recognition of the sound
reasoning that their slow-moving vehicles
provide more hazard than help -
It would be interesting to analyze the
accidents *.which take' place in winter
° storms, to _find out just how many of
the drivers involved actually had to be,on
the roads when the mishaps occurred.
Certainly some of the travel would. be
• proven • necessary, but we venture the
guess that: a great many of...the reasons for
being out in highly hazardous conditions
would prove invalid.
There is no arguing thg fact that the
safest place to be in a 'winter snowstorm
is right at_ home. As provincial police
continually warn—don't thy& unneces-
sarily in, bad weather. You thus protect
your own life and goodness knows how
many others. •
City Life Is Tough
The SeafOrth Huron Expositor com-
ments on a 'recent suggestion thOt, in an
effort to balance receipts and expendi-
tures, post office -department might
disc,rinu, Saturday mail delivery, has
raisdaJhie and cry of protest, in cities
arid. lar er.-centres across ,Canada.
Muclrof the protest seems centred in
the Toronto area and typical- is this ex-
cerpt from a letter which appeared in a
Toronto paper:
"The steady erosion of our pdstal priv-
ileges must cease forthwith, If for no
other reason that we may not,. in the near
' future, find ourselves in the unhappy
position-trudgfng to the nearest, post -
Office to c Tkpct our mail."
What the writer doesn'Frealize is that
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mail delivery of any kind,- regardless of
frequency,, is a privilege enjoyed by the
favored few in cities and in relatively few
of the towns 'in Canada. ..,,Those who
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in smaller places. have never had'the Fp-
portynity of kloing other than 'trudging"
td. the nearest post offices.' to coiled' their.
mail. Other •thOusands' across. Canada
must content .themselves with delivery as
infrequently as once ,a
Arid of course, these Canadians resid-
ing outside, the cities are .paying exactly
the same leiter rates, the same parcel pent
rates, as their fellOw-Citizens in - Toronto
and tirnilair centres. Postal etes do not.,
por_.could they, reflect degree's of.nseryice
or frequency of delivery. .
Perhaps," the i3ostal, people should be
commended for 'a suggestion that' would
bring .the service being provided their
Canadian employers at various centres
more nearly in' balance.
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Certainly those in the cities are stand-
ing 'on Thin ice when they complain about
postal delivery or the tack of it. Po.*
THE WINGHAM, ADVAACE TIMES
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MASONS TAKE OFFIC Installed last
week were the offi s of the Wingham
Masonic, Lodge A.F.A.M. Front centre is
Wor. Master Scott Reid. Front row, frOm
the left are: Bruce MacDonald, peist mas-
ter;- Junior Warden, Keith McLaughlin;
Senior Warden Edward Elliott; Rt. Wor.
Colin MacKenzie, TOronto, a . personal .
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friend of the new master who assisted
with the instaNtion; back row: Junior
Steward. Colin Campbell; Treasurer Alex
Robertson; chaplain Fred McGee; Inner
Guard Elmer Walker; Junior Deacon
Spence Scott; Tyler Albert Bacon; Direkdor
of Ceremonies DeWitt Miller.
—Advance -Times Photo.
ews Items from OId Files
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JANUARY 1919
4/Ass Eamscliffe Musgrove,
'daughter of Mr. and Ms..
u:
Musgrove left Monday for
Halifax to enter the military •
hospital at Camp Field in that
city as a masseuse. Miss Mus-
grove, who had beenteaching'
in Edmonton, resigned her
position there and tooka course
at Hart House Military School :
of Physiotherapy and Ortha-
paedics in Torontfi. She passed
the colirse, fourth in a class of
.64.
On Monday afternoon the,
recently called pastor of the
congregations of Cranbrook
and -Ethel Presbyterian ChurcheF
'Rev. T,'E. Kennedy,. WAs or-
'clairied and inducted for -this
new work:
A.E. Louttit has sold his
business to Andrew B.
Chan -lb s of istowel. Mt. •
Louttit wi ontinue to reside
in tOwn. , • . . •
In„letters from soldier -boys .
we notice they often mention
the kisses they -get from women
and* fielgriaif Tialice
Judging from the "nuinber Of ,IT,1
brides they are bringing -home
with them from overseas, •
there -ha l been some kissing
going on in England and Scot-
land, too.
W.J. Armour has purchased
thc.-„„:34t:c:2 r7f W
Maines in Kincardine. He
will continue 'to conduct his
business here as Usual -and have
his headquarters in Wingharti.
Another of Bluevale's
heros. C.M.S. Robert Mc-
Michael hasreturned home.
Bob was wounded in August
• 1917 -and since that time has
been 'an instructor at i train-
ing school.
Match of Dimes
said crucial for
rehabilhation
The March of Dimes cam-
paign, conducted by the Wing -
ham Kinette.Club ,in this comp;_
mu,nity and to be held through-
out Qntario on Monday, Jan,
29, is crucial to rehabilitation
_work to be carried on this year
in areas looked after by -the
Central Western Ontario Branch
of the:Rehataltation Founda-
tion for the Disable,d, accord-
ing to .Mrs.„ Jane White, cam.°
paign.chaitman of the branch.
Mrs. White said that she -
was anticipating the usual en-
thusiastic support for the cam-
paign, both in the numbers of
volunteer canvassers (called
"Marching Mothers" even •
though some of them are men)
and in the response by the.ciiti-
zenry in the for " of contlibu-
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tions.
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The Foundation, Mrs. ,
White said, has allocated
$70, 000 to be spent in this area
during 1968. The Central West-
ern Branch covers. Waterloo,
Welliniton, Grey, Perth, Htiron
Bruce and • Duffed!! counties, '
She added, however, that the
availability of this money de-
pended on the success of the
one -day March 'of pfmes.cam-
paign. , • -
During the 10 months ending
• October 31, 1967, .eipenses
totallit $5,2, 840 far tfie branch,
Mri.W11sald, p
end Of thi'WbeTI
reach $63, 500. The campaigo
goal for the Central Western
Branch is $70, 000 and is part
of a province -Wide objective
$850,000,
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JANUARY 1933
Mrs. D. Rae was installed
as worthy „matIonxith-Et. R.
Stewart as worthy' patron -at.
the meeting of Huron Chapter
89 0.E.S." Retiring matron -
and patron, Mi. J. A. Wilson
and H. Dibson were presented
with paktofficers* jewels.
Many in 'owl!' and district
have fallen sick before an
epidemic of influenza that is
spreading rapidly 41!roughotit
:ontarici. It is not the same
type of flu that was prevalent
in 1918.
' Next Suridsy the Wingham
Citizens' Band, assitted'hy.
the. Imperial Quartette, will
der a prograin over 10BP,
Bandmaster Schatte feels that
°the band has a -real treat in
store for the public.
JANUARY 1943
On Friday night abo,ot twenty
girls gathered' at the home of
-Miss yerne, Walker, and present-
edM.. jip,lisatbelleiHablqtt with
%OR ?fAf4AcffEticyfu'..71:14u
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hostesses tiet xerne ktker
Jessie yeatsbet,`'Hilda and Beryl
Brovin and Peggy Fuller..
How "wuch do we as Cana-
dians owe the Russian people?
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The amourlt. is impossible to
calculate but our•debt to them
is great. Donations in•Wing-
1.t..; UiLL. ft.n.Ca/1.1;11...4.i
A11,6c18.to Russia Fund amounts to
$
After 23 weeks in bed follow-
„ing a heart attack Joe Kerr is
now able to be about the house.
JANUARY 1954
Kenzie H. Saxton was instal-
led as Master of the Wingham
Lodge at the theetinghere last
Tuesday.
Firemen:froin Wingharn and
'Listowel fought a losing battle
againstflames which envelop-
ed the business premises and
living quarters of,I.,. G. ltich- •
ards of Fordwich in an early
morning fire there on Sunday. •
'It was the second 'fire within
24 hours for the Richards.
° Mrs. James Seli, local
• issuer -of motor vehicle Reprises,
, reports, that only, a little
over 200 of the 2600 plates at
• the office have been sold to
date. The deadline for pur-
chase oi° plates is January 30.
,P Ace Bateson, a bob sledder*
from away -back, couldn't
resist the temptation after warn-
ing the kids of the danger of
sleighing on the glassy surface
• of carling.Terrace. He and
Elmer. Deyell started right from
the top and by the tithe they
got to the highway theyrere
clipping oft 35 m.p.h. only
trouble was that there was a
bare spot on the highway which
they didn't see until it was too
„late. They arenursing a var-
iety of abrasions, 'contusions
,and general aches and pains..
Red Cross courses
will be held
r.
in this area
With the.swimming pool •
nearing completibn the re- ,
• creation director, Jim Ward,'
l looking beyond the%bleak
•o1d winter. He will need
staff for the„peol,Tlictse-with -
°the highest qualificlitio/is in
swimming instruction and life
saving techniques will have
•more opportunity of holding
these positiOns. The following”
information is given for those
-who wish „to avail themselves ,
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Instructor courses and, leader
patrol courses are being spon-
sored in this area by the Red'.
toss.
. If response is sufficient an
instructors' course will be held
at,Owen.Sound over the Easter _
vac'atiotio, March 18 „to 21, A
leader patrol course will be
held at the Y.M.
*Alin Owen sound on the
same dates. ' '
The age for instructors has
recently, been lowered to .17; ,
from J8 years. 'Registration
fee for the course isA10.00
and a Red Cross Leader Patrol
Award is -a i)re-reqUisite for the
iristurctOrs1 course •:.
lady at front door; 'Will
ydu donate something to the
Old Ladies' Home?"
Man answering the door;
"With pleasure. Help yourself
to my• mother-in-law."
Robert Inglis Farm
Century Farm in the Belmore Area
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SUGAR
AND SPICE f.
by Bill Smiley
We get
Teschera get WO pretty
funny notes from 1*rW1, ex-
plaining the absence of a P110110
Usually it's because the har,
wed mother or,lather stabs
down *Wiling at the last min.
ute, the kid, heading for the
door, and already lite, screams
in dismay; "Oh I gotta have a
note."
Thus you get such things *5,
"Please .excuse Jane's grand-
inotheefor being absent due to
her illness." The baffled teach-
' er finally figures out that gran.
ny had the 'flu lid Jane had to'
stay home and Jook after her
because Mom can't miss a day
at • the shoe faetory, because
that's the only way she can
muster etlough 'money to buy
iknedsome decent clothes so
she can go to school, so she
can be a real, whiz' and help'out
Granny and Mom,
Sometimes -the notes are not
so funny: "Please excuse Ain
.for being late as he hacl. to
appear in court this morning
for drunk anddisorderly, but
°it was tkie.other guy's fault."'
Well, teachers aren't • the
only ones who receive sad and.
funny letters. The rest of the
column will be made up of
sentences taken from actual
letters received by the Toronto
Welfare Department"' from
applicants for aid and assis-
tance.,' .43
They- may explain why Eng-
lish teachers look so stunned
-so much of -the' time. The sen-
tences will be inquotation
marks. The copunents will be
.whatever cornea to mind.
.41, am very annoyed that sou
have branded my son illiterate
. as this i a iie,I was mated
to his father a week before he
was born." -She _didn't 'mein
illiterate. She meant illegible
"In answer to your letter, I
have given birth to a boy
weighing ,ten pounds, I: hope
this is, satisfactory."' Really;
what could be more sat-
isfactory?
"Unless 1 get my, husband's
money pretty soon, I will be
forced to 'lead an immortal
life." And good luck to you,
Missus. There • should be a lot
more of that type of positive
thinking in the world.
"Mrs. Jones has nbt had,
clothes for a year ,and has,
visited regularly by the Cler-
gy," No continent.
"This is my eighth child,
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what are.you going to do about
it?" What, indeed? It's cer-
tainly time somebody did.
something. Or stopped 'doing.
something.
"7. ...ass 1 t7C.T.,0471.1 thnt rn7
husband who Was reported
missing is dead." Now there is
a sentence of which,
Hemingway would be proud.
.Not a syllable too much or too•
little. The emotion is retrained.
Note that she said "glad", not
,'"delighted". ,
And here's one with the
same .theme,, but a different ,
twist, "Please find for certain
if iny husband is -dead, the man
I am 'living with can't eat or do
anything until he finds out."
There's drama for you. There's
tragedy. Think of the °poor dev-
il, starving to death, unable to
smoke or drink or pick his
teeth or pull the 'fluff out of
his -belly -button. '
Here's another that shows a
nice respect for bureaucracy,
"In accordance with your
instructions, 1 hate given birth
to twins in the ,enclosed en-
velope." And, they thought The
Pill was a bigdeal!
Another mom writes, "I can-
not get sick pay. 1 have six
children. Can you sne
letters
why?"' Thaiii a beautiful
there 'sotnew'herar; If You ootgd.
Just put your finor on it.
"I haven't any eltildresas
yet 'as my husband' is -a
driver - and works ,day
But think of .all Oat
overtlino. -
And finally. it soundi. like
an old chestnut.* but teachers
actually get notes like tlds,, !or
wont money- at quick as can
get it. 1 hivebeen in bed with
the doctor for two weeks an*
he doesn't do Mt any good; If
things don't improve, 't will
have to • send for another doe.
tor."
This is *Medicare?
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Announce hunter
examihatAon
centre here
' Cannociinvicni:hPcunintegIrsawnuisahrifnii
tto.,
'obtain their first•hunting ,
ence wilrbe required to`pass a
Hunting Licence examinatiOrs •
conducted by. the Department '
of Lands and Forests. This -
places4he carrying of a gun on —
a comparable level to driving.:
a car. •
The examination cornpris-
ing of both wafter' and practic-
al tests covers a variety of sub-
jects including: game laws, -
garne identification, firearms.
firearm handling and safe i
hunting practice. /
Due to the" serious nature of,
this examination, the Depart-
ment of Lands and Forests
strongly urges all prospective
hunters to corriplete a course °
in Hunter Safety Training from
a qualified instructor before . •
applying to write. the'ex amina-
don.
A Hunter Examination
centre will be operated by the
Department in the Lake Huron
,District at the Sportsmen's
Club in Wingham on January
examining from
lidhours
by•appointment only. Appli7
10 'a.m. to 4 pion. °
FIMVIMas
Examination will, be given.
Department offices and licence
iisuers, and must be Mailed to
arrive at the Department of '
Lands and Forests, Hespeler.
°one week,in advance of the
date for the scheduled examin-
ation, in order to allow suf-
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Relent time for confirmation.
it no applications itave been
received by this date, the - •
examination centre will not be
•openi on the day scheduled. • "
Further information may be .;
.obtained by. calling Hespeler
•District office, telephone num-
ber 658.7,9356. ••
Student teachers
at. public xhoOl
Student teachers from
Sttatfoid Teachers' College
at the Public school this week
are Miss Linda Coultes of -
Wingham and Charles Cardiff
of Ethel, teaching Grade Vi
for Mrs. Thornton; Larry Hos-
sack of St. Marys and Jogeph
Dick of Seaforth teaching
grade' IV f. Mrs. Montgorn-
elryan;dand iss Joyce McLean
of Port lgin teaching grades
foi Mrs. Nicholson. •
avonne Balla
Yet another farm in the Bel -
more area, which bears the
"Century Farm" sign, is the -
farm home of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Inglis, Lot 1, Come's-
sion 2, Carrick.
The family history of the
Inglis goes back to the early
1800's, when John Inglis was
bom in Roxburythite, Scotland.
In 1830 he married Agnes Dar-
. lin&in Scotland, and they
came to Canada in 1856, corn-
ing to the township of Carrick
in Bruce County.
mr. and Mrs. Inglis had five •
children, four sons and one
daughter. All born and eduaat-
ed in Scotland, they came to
Wor oi America and worked at
their various occupations.
George was first a teacher,
[then practised Medicine in
Pennsylvania for 39 years until
he died in 1909. James became
a pliologrpher in Montreal,
where he died in 1904 as a
• result of an accident. John
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joined -the U.S. Army duFing
the Civil War, then became a
grain analyst -in Chicago, and
throughout other pate of the
world. The,only daughter,
Helen, came to Canada with
her parents andwas the first
teacher in their local school
it -i1860.. She married a Wrox-
eter merchant and after his
death,. moved 'to' Tcironto where
she died in 1932. This school,
-became known as Inglis' School
and was,, until its closing a few,
years,ago,
The fourth son, Thomas,
'came to Canada WWII& Was
18, and- the family took up 400
aeres'of land in the Queen's
Bush --part of the land was
Lot 1, Concession 2 of Carrick
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Township. Thomas andAli„
father farmed there together,
engaged primarily tn stock
farthing. l'hornas mritiled
Helen Scott of McKillop, and
with theii family of five tiaugh-
tett and one son they stayed on
the farm until 1912, when they.
moved -first to Mildmay„ then
,to Belmore.. He died in 1920,
aged 82 years.
Thomas' Only sort, John'.
'Scott,- became owner of the
home .farm—and with it to! I,
Concession 3; and Lot 6, Con-
-cession 8, Carrick. He mar-
ried Agnes Darling Aitken in
1912, and they'farmed there
until his death in 1951, at the
age of 61. Mrs. Inglis passed
away in Janhary of 1966, at
the age of 83. •
Their fatnily consisted of
four daughters and two sons.
Elizabeth taught school a
number of years, then married
Carl Tesler. They have four
childtefl and live.near Clifford. '
Otte-boOline a music teacher
and married Herman Tegler.
They havethree children, and
live near Walkerton. Marion
married Bail Halli4ay and they
reside in Waterloo; Jean is
unmarried and:lives in Kitchen-
er: The two sons are Thomas
and Robert. Thomas married
Rhoda Robinson and they have
two children. They now live
in Howick Township, but own
Lot 6, Concession 8, Carrick,
an original portion -of the Inglis
farm. Robert, the second son,
now resides oh the home farm
"Shielfield", and owns Lot ir-,--
Cotiefession 3.. He married
Beth Darling and together they
make " Shie Meld' an attrac-
tive and irritiOrtant part of the
community, engaging In dairy
farming and some beef fartn..
Ing. Will
"Shielfield" stay in the
Inglis name? •Well, only time .
will„ tell. But its green grass
will probably never withstand
the shock, should anything
but Inglis feet tread upon it!
After 100 years, it will be diff
ficult to see others takethe
plate.of the Ingli0