HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-09-18, Page 2b'WC SIQNALeSTAR, THURSDAY, SEPT1MB1 R 18, 1007
Dignitaries present for 'the opening of • the Bank of Nova Scotia.at
West Street and The Square Saturday included representatives
from the county, the town, the bank, the designers and builders.
Left to right . are "Monty" Montieth of Montieth McGrath
Construction, the company that built the bank; Don Snider,
Snider, Huget and March; Architects; Huron County : Warden
James Hayter; William C. Meek, general manager, western and
northern Ontario, Bank of Nova Scotia; John MacKay, first
manager of the new bank; Dr. G. F. Mills, Goderieh mayor; Al.
Cummings, supervisor central district, -Bank of Nova Scotia and
Neil Speicher, assistant general manager, marketing division, Bank
of Nova Scotia. - staff photo.
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selling individual service
The Ontario Federation of
Agriculture will begin selling
individual service memberships
in the organization by the end of
next week, Charles Munro, of
Embro, • OFA, president,
announced following a regular
monthly members' meeting in
Toronto recently.
During the meeting it was
decided that those holding the
three top executive positions in
the OFA will be elected' in a
different manner at the next
•annual convention in November
at Toronto. The Board of
Governors 'ratified the decision.
In the past the OFA executive
has been elected by and from
the board of governors, who
represent the various groups of Tgg farm machinery
member organizations in the importation program of .•the
federation. Three 'positions will Ontario Federation of
continue to be filled • in this Agriculture is continuing with
manner in the future. the expected arrival of at least •
The' president and his two 13 more tractors from Britain by
vice-presidents will now be ships at Toronto by the end of
elected by the ' annual the month.
convention from among A shipment of 10 tractors
members and official voting arrivedFlast week. The machinery
delegates. For the first time in will be picked up early this
the history of the OFA, week. Officials of the Ontario
a d d i t i o n. a 1 delegates Farm Machinery Agency state
representation to the annual that this shipment ''has been
convention will- .come from p u rchased by farmers
individual memberships in three representing many sections of
regions which will divide the the province.
province. The Ontario -Farm Machinery
These individual service Agency is a special company
memberships that have been owned . by the OFA for
purchased by the convention importing machinery for
will be represented by four Ontario's : farmers at' great
delegates per • 1,000 or less financial savings. The
memberships in each of the importation program has been in
•three regions. These regions will operation since last November.
be made by dividing all counties David Crone; head of the
on an east -west basis at Highway OFA marketing and research
Number 11.° The northern
districts will make up the third
region.
It has also been decided that
all individual members will
receive an invitation to the
annual convention. They will
meet early in the convention to
elect their voting delegates to
the annual meeting on the .
regional basis.
Proposals will be made up
Tractors
during the annual convention for
future representation of the
individual service membership
section of the organization.
Delegates to the annual.. meeting
will have an opportunity to vote
on any proposed changes.
The service membership
concept of the OFA is unique in
farm organizations. • Mr. Munro
emphasizes that the individual
farmer will not bei purchasing
arrive,
more expected
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department and secretary of the
Farm Machinery Agency,
expects three more tractors to
arrive at Toronto in a little more
than one week. He points out
thzat further orders have been
placed in Great Britain.
The agency is presently
answering more than 350
inquiries which have been placed
by farmers across Ontario in the
past few weeks concerning
various pieces of farm
machinery. To date almost 200
pieces of machinery . have been
imported from the United
Kingdom.
The importation program was
initiated because of the
excessively high mark-up prices
injected into farm machinery
costs by numerous
,manufacturers. Much farm
machinery sold in Ontario
markets is actually
manufactured in Great Britain.
simply a membership card.
"The farmer will be buying
service to fulfil his own
particular 'needs," he pointed
out.
These services now include a
management digest produced on
a , regular basis; an
ombudsman -type
property -owner assistance
concerning such things as
assessment and taxation, etc.,
which will be an ombudsman -
type service; services of 'the
Ontario Farm Machinery Agency
in importing farm machinery; a
classified advertisement
arrangement with "Farm and
Country" newspaper;
information envelopes . and
representation in the Canadian
Federation of Agriculture.
Two thousand persons
attended the 113th Bayfield fair
Saturday, ,an increase. of ' 500 -
over last year.
This was the first time in the
history • of the Bayfield
Agricultural Society that the fair
was held,,on a Saturday. It had
- a4lways been held on a
Wednesday.
• Officials geared their fair for
young and old. A full card of
novelty events was • staged 'for
public school children along
with a baby show and cattle,
sheep and 4-1-1 competitions.
R. E. McKinley ($C -Huron)
opened the fair, with the Zurich
Citi„zen's band for
accompaniment.
Winner of the baby shdw for
children up to six months of age.
was Paul Semple, son of Mr. and
14rs. Robert Semple of RR 4,
Clinton. In the six -to -12 month
class, Luanne Erickson, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Erickson
of Bayfield was first.
In the Bayfield 4-1-1 calf club
showing, championship winners
were John Gibbins, Brian
Westbrook and Helen Postma.
John Gibbins was judged top
showman.
Championship winners in the
cattle , classes were Andrew
Ostrom, RR 1, Clinton, Frank
Falconer, RR 2, Clinton, and
Adam Flowers.of Bayfield.
C.° W. Paff of Ailsa Craig and
Donald Deering of Exeter won
the championships in the sheep
classes.
In pony novelty events, first
prize winners were Linda Wyse,
Wendy and Debbie Allen and
Wayne Straughan, all of
Bayfield.
Championship ' winners
indoors were Mrs. David Cross of
Exeter for ladies' work, Mrs.
Katherine McLaren of Staffa for
domestic science and Mrs. Eben
Weigand of Dashwood in the
special commerciat apple
competition.
Calling all war -time
Canadian Army `gals'
Once upon a time a lot of girls
served in the CWAC (during
World War' II) — now, many
years later, many of these ladies
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still enjoy getting together once
a year in. Toronto, Canada, the
last weekend in September • to.
reminisce about those historic
days.
Another historic event _(Walk
on the Moon) has just taken
place, and everyone's •talking
about the wonder of it all — So
come along to the 1969 .CWAC
Veterans Reunion -;and talk
about it with us. Maybe the
CWAC Unit of the Canadian
Corps Association, who annually
sponsor this event, will arrange
to have a future reunion in
space, with the Moon as the
rendezvous point. •
.Better register soon so we can
get your ideas on such an event,
`=` nd do tell others who were with
us in those now far-off days.
Write to: CWAC Veterans
Reunion Committee, 201
Niagara Street, Toronto 139,
Ontario.
Avoid overdrying of the
family wash. Remove clothing
., while there is still a hint of
dampness. •• All fibres have a
normal moisture content, and if
overdried will wrinkle and
shrink.
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