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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1967-12-07, Page 17SCORE BOARD Electric Heat Opposition [7] (11040 4,0M rovirt of Os 1.f07.4 %UM tion. • Three flew *eel are on they; provincial precative of the; p tar10 Farmers' Miena�]r' er�,, . salt et the annual co1iventlon .held in c hatharithi. a year. ,�, Walter Miller, of Tara, over ° threw termer OFT1 °president ° John Delmer, In the fight for The Goderich Sign it t ►r Th:u ey, A delegation. from A011,444 Local 342 Of the Ontario RUM*. ere .Union, attended' the MVO three day annual convention held this year' in Chatham Nov- ember 2'l,. 28, and P. The cot`relsponding secretary for the Aeh field QFV or lee, Mrs. Jin Martin, of It.R. 3 Goderich, wrote the folIowtug Theliederich badgers, champions of the WOAA Ladies Intermediate "C" • Softball league for 1967, .were honoured Wednesday night, Novern'.er g9,. at a banquet in the Goderich Legion Hall. WOAA officials and Dodger executives were also present and presented individual and team trophies to the town's championship ballplayers. Pictured here, with a• placard illustrating pre. 0 vtous championships, are the team mem vers. They are: front row, from left: Norma Walters Mary Kolkman, Bev. Wright, Donna Hayden. Second row, Lynn Argyle, Addle Graham Jean Cruikshank, Sue MacLeod. Back row, Bonnie Littlechild, Lil Mr.cDonald, Sheila Brown, Linda Reed, Lois Straugban, Joanne Kolkmon. Elmer Hunter To Repru.nt AVaCon Hlmer Hunter, of it. R. 3 Goderich, newly elected pre.. sident of the Huron County branch of the Ontario Federw ation of Agriculture, attended a pollution control conference at Toronto early this. week. The three day conference, sponsored by the provincial gow ernment, was scheduled to com. monde Monday mbrningandconw tinue until Wednesday evening. Mr. Hunter was representing the Huron county farm organize- ation at the pollution control conference which was expected to draw at least 300 delegates from industry, agriculture and government. Provincial health mtnister• Matthew Dymond, guest speaker for Monday night's program, gave an account of Ontario's efforts to reduce air, water and eon pollution. After dubbing his address, - 1EVEN POINTS TO BETTER HOME HEATING .. . i ;environmental nuument in am effluent' society" the health minister outlined in great detail the preventive measures, plan.. ted by the Ontario government to get rid of wastes nobody vrants; Since 1957, when the govern• ment established the Ontario Water Resources Commission, he said, the new body has taken over control of water supplies and 'sewage disposal, either by building its own plants, or by aiding municipalities with money and advice. As a result, he said, twice as many sewage treatment plants have been constructed in the pa,st.ten years as in the pre. vious 80 years. Less than 2.5 of Ontario's communities now discharge raw sewage into streams and most of these plan remedial works, he the. Preeldency, Delmer, ..who. had SONO in position for the ,fit OreeYeara, was ousted from of lice, He was unable to get . a clear mandate &oM PIM delegates to complete hie Wit term as president. Peter Myers of Fletcher Was elected-Fiest Vice•Presid; ent and Neil Cook, of Tilbury, was installed es Junior Pre. sident. Other OFU members elected' er ed byreport r . from press to the -1967 executive were DDelo. flvOntio prepared, ihefar n *nc1om0111e rat* wID co a ute nce next July to discuss ata recoms mendations, h1 Monday evening the nine :O.. dred guests enjoyed a,bancelett, - talent sho r, and beauty contest. Gest speaker for Monday night's program Paul Babey, president of the Alberta . Farmers' Union, ,. The OFU convention was.cov e s r and radio. Cameramen repre. coin Of deinocraer. 440 ist40 Is to Make ,YOtir own deCtelon air s the other side la t4►,,abidi l .. the 40010104 Mole ;121040r* Mr, &tater told the uoi ventiou,"It's more IMPOrtaat to raise hell than thrall, c or!' ' and that, undoubtedlyr w'aa spirit of his address, Dr Helen Abell from theUp,► iversity ot� o al Waterloesia.d. the TOFU conventiet1W9dOeedaYo the last day of the vent/on. ncr B�tt,.„At egaei .sent .. f h 34 Mrs. Veronica Opsitnik ladi es _ televisiorretatteded the president; Mrs: --Helen Thompe_ second day of the convention. son, of 'Varna, .ladies first vice. They filmed and taped high. president; Mrs. Gloria Sequin, lights of the Hon. W. A. Stew. second vice•president. ' art's address to the farm organ An 'aveeege of 500 farmers ization. attended the convention each day Afterward the minister of On. to discuss the " business on tario's agriculture and food the agenda. department answered several Gordon Hill,, an OFU member questions directed to him from. from Varna, was chairman of the Boor _ by OFU delegates. -- the convention.' Another guest speaker. was Garnet Newkirk, Mayor of • Oren Lee Staley, president of Chatham,,, officially welcomed the National Farm ° Organiz.e the OFU delegates, guests and ation, U.S.A; members. Mr. Staley, who raises hogs Everett Biggs, Ontario deputy and Shorthorns on his 400 acre minister of agriculture, was one farm near Rea,. Missouri, said; of the guest speakers. Mr. "It's vitally importantfor farm. Biggs, who was appointed as ers to be organized and make chairman of the farm income decisions together. Often some committee formed last year at of .he farmers in theStates don't the .Vineland conference, said agree with what is being done his six -member committee will and go home from a meeting. continue to collect facts and without expressing their opin. meet with various farm groups. ion." When a final report has been "There are. two sides to the Agricultural Rehabilitatte aud Development ' Act Per }el. said this government agendy is not as effective as It was orifi , inally planned. This diaappgln ment was shared by others in the agxicultgral field. ' Delegates to the 1967° OF11 convention approved" aso10 ion calling for integration of •it "- the two existing farm organ► izations in Canada.' "With a view towardsinternational atte illations.,, The OFU's • past president John' Dolmer stated In his speech: "After 100 years ofCoi federation we have only one nate ional marketing board, . The National Dairy Commission". The OFU official added, "It's time responsible farmers put away childish things and become businessmen in a business. man's world. We cannot afford to wait - another 100 years for the next national Q,rganization.'> There is no danger.. of .explosion or fire because no combustible gases are necessary in your home. .So if you're the kind of.person` who worries about the safety of his family we're sure you'll agree that Electric Heat is the best from a safety standpoint - i'Reacorafing is cut t6 a minimum interior walls — drapes and furnishings are not yellowed or discolored with "fdameless" electric heating. Cleaning and dusting are lessened with clean electric heating because there is no combustion and so no dirty by-products are given off. With the ,nly modern heating system—Electric heat --the humidity is maintained at the proper level. You will feel more comfortable and your furniture will not dry out and crack. No chimney is required with safe Electric heat because there is no fire in your basement and there- fore no'need for a chimney to take harmful fumes and deadly gasses out of your home. 4 Electric heat is quiet—There is no`annoying noises which you get in the old fashioned type of heating systems when the furnace comes on or shuts off. Electric heat is draft free, With built-in baseboard units or completely concealed ceiling cable, no air movement' is heard or felt. Just gentle sunshine warmth—quiet--comfortable---..=safe. Space Saving—neat, compact and attractive baseboard units or completeliconcealed ceiling cable al- lows you to use all the space in your home for modern living. Furniture may be located anywhere. ‘r�'. .n./018,41$.4,••• When you are driving around this weekend looking at new homes, take special notice that all of the better (not necessarily the most expensive) homes are "All Electric". 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