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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-06-12, Page 20UR HANQWRITW� .CORDON GREEN 47 With a quart of milk now cost- ing almost as much as a gallon of gasoline and threatening to go even higher, it seems to me that there ought to be a special effort on the part of Mrs. Plumptre or a consumers group to discover just how much of what we pay for that quart of milk is really necessary. I happen to live in a milk produc- ing region, although I do not at the moment milk my own cow. So I must buy my daily quart along with the city slickers, and I am well aware of the fact that the milk on my table pgay probably came from within a few miles of me, and that it had to go all the way to the city, there to be blessed by a dairy whose head- quarters are in New York, and that by the time it comes back to me I will have to pay twice what some neighbor of mine got for producing it. Why? As a farmer myself, I know very well that those of my neigh- bors who produce this nation's milk are making no fortune out of the business. Most of them are in debt to their ears. The great mystery is what happens to a quart of milk AFTER it leaves the farm that doubles its price. I would like to know first of all what percentage of what I have to pay for a quart of Canadian milk has to go to file head offices of the `American firms who in my part of the country at (east, dominate the -dairy business. ._ Then I would like to know why I can no longer buy anything but homogenized milk. I don't like homogenized milk. I am still old- fashioned enough to like to see the cream come to the top of the pitcher so I can skim. oft a little for my coffee, but.in my part of the country at least there is no such thing as un -homogenized milk any more. Why, am I forced to pay ; for . sbmething which nobody asked for and which very few want. Back in the '30's when homogenization was introduced by the big American firms who were then just beginning to, muscle into e Canadian trade, its chief purpose was probably to make it ,impossible to see how re much, or how little cream there was on a bottle. It prevented a smaller dairy from competing by selling a richer product. But what purpose does it serve today? Finally I'd like to know how much I have to pay for those wax cartons that I Piave, to throw away, or those plastic, bags that leave the milk within tasting like a candle, or those little cardboard thimbles they have now to give you enough cream for your coffee. You know what I mean — that 10 per cent stuff that squirts in your eye when you try to open it? In this day when paper and plastic are more costly with every passing year, and when their disposal is now becoming such a serious problem that we have to have a Ministry of Environment- and a whole new labor union to deal with it, would someone please tell me what was so wrong about the plain old returnable milk bottle? 'Love meters' were explosive Novelty shops in Cornwall, England, have been investi- gated for selling glass "lo've meters" containing methyl chloride or, methanol. They are said to indicate the love potential of anyone holding them when the heat of the hands causes the color liquid to expand up the stem. The investigation started after two meters exploded, slightly injuring two persons. Africa has high illiteracy rate Highest rates of illiteracy in the world show up in Africa, according to a report of the United Nations Educa- tional, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) . Examples are Niger, with 99.1 per cent illiteracy, and Mali, with .97.8 per cent.. 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Wenger Bros. Limited, publishers, Box 390, Wingham. Barry Wenger, Pres. Robert O. Wenger, Sec.-Treas. , Display and Classified ad deadline— Tuesday, week prior to publication date. REPRESENTATIVES Canadian Community Newspapers Association, Suite 51, Tfloor gt., West, oronto 962-4000 Ontario Weekly Newspaper Assoc., 127 George St., Oakville 884-0184 FORE! ... within easy commuting distance of the second largest French-speaking city in the world, Montreal, Canada. There are almost 200 golf courses in the province of Quebec, and more than 40 of them are within 75 miles of Montreal. (Canadian -Government Office of Tourism Photo.) Canadian open comes home by Jordan Juby After an absence of 25 years, the Canadian Open is returning to the historic Royal Montreal Golf Club — birthplace of the world's fourth oldest annual classic and ancestral home of golf in North America. Its founding fathers chartered the first club in North America in 1873, playing in the shadow of Mount Royal. Although, the chub. has been forced fo relocate twice. Ili in- dustrial and residential expan- sion, it cherishes its heritage. In 1884, it became the first golf club in Canada to receive "Royal" recognition from Queen Victoria. The first Canadian Open started in . 1904 at the Royal Montreal. When the 1975 version unfolds July 24. to 27 it will mark the sixth time the club has hosted the Open, the first at its now permanent and plus 45 -hole Ile Bizard site. The island is 25 miles north of .downtown Montreal. The 6,750 -yard par 70 course, known to Montreal golfers as the "Blue Monster", is expected to give the 150 -man field night- mares. Club pro Pat Fletcher, the last Canadian to win the Open in 1954, feels the championship could be settled on the course's back nine, especially if a . wind comes up. The course, designed in 1957 in the classic style of the late Dick Wilson, will take on a few new wrinkles for the Open. Fairways will be narrowed and the rough allowed to grow in. Its closing four.holes rank with the best. There are six water holes. The greens are big and puttable but most are elevated and guarded with bunkers. The 'course has only two par five holes, neither considered easy birdi Soe of the best swingers on the circuit will be in the open. Johnny Miller, who won 'a record $353,000 and gained Player of the Year honors last season, has indi- cated he'll attempt to cash in on some of the $200,000 prizes along with Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer.., This could be the final Open for the Royal Montreal. Plans are to move it around until 1981 when the Open will settle at a perma- nent site, the Nicklaus -designed. - Glen Abbey course west of Toronto. The new course will first be tested with the 1977 Open. p With the birth of the Royal Mdfltreai"in fthe'1870a,'gblf'sprea rapidly in Canada. -Today] an esti mated 700,000 Canadians play on more than 1,100 courses. Canada ranks second only to the U.S. on a comparative per capita basis for interest in the game. In nine provinces, the golf season starts in April or May and finishes in October or 'November, depending on the area. However, in the southwest coastal region of British Columbia golf is played on a year-round basis. Courses like the Victoria Golf Club in British Columbia run parallel to the sea. Located four miles from downtown Victoria, the course overlooks scenic Oak Bayand the Juan de Fuca Strait. The view is as much fun as the game — almost. And that's the case with most B.C. courses. The Banff course, 80 miles west of Calgary, is set in the Rockies about a mile above sea level. It runs 6,645 yards. Par is 71. Jasper's 6,590 -yard course is 173 miles southwest of Edmonton, the provincial capital. A tip- for playing in the Rockies- line up your tee shot with the towering mountain in the distance. Optical illusions, caused by the proximity of mountains, have led many a golfer to underestimate distances and underclub shots. Ontario has more golf courses — private, semi -private, daily fee -paying and municipal — than any other province. Established vacation areas like Collingwood, Lake Simcoe and Muskoka regions have excellent facilities. Toronto has four municipal Putterii' USE A NAIL THREE TIMES AS LONG A5 THE THICKNESS OF THE BOARD BE I NG NAILED AND THE JOB WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO I -101-D. courses. Don Valley is rated one of the best muni courses in the world. The shortest is Dentonia .Park where a subway stops at the first tee. There are several pay as you play courses as well as the exclusive private clubs. Ottawa, the federal capital, has several excellent courses within a 25 -mile radius on the Ontario and Quebec sides of the Ottawa River. 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