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, GOPEBICH SIGNAL, -STARK, THURSPAY, '" 'Afte 14,.,41974 -'PAGE 3A
Clayton Steckle, a Hay town ti
ship dairy farmer, recently.
became the 2000th member of
the Ontario Federation of
Agriculture in Huron county.
Mr. . Steckle's signing„
culminates an intensive .drive
by members 'of the Federation
in Huron in recent months to
put the county over the 2000
mark in memberships. The lan-
dmark membership ,was sold by
Ted Steinback, RR 3, Zurich
- and ° Vince Austin, RR 1,'°
Dungannon.,
For Mr. Steckle, it was the
first time he had belonged to a
farm organization and the first'
time he had been approached
about' membership in the
Federation:
"I think a farmer should
belong to some farm
organization," he said. He
noted that the OFA's work in
gaining a tax rebate for farmers
for education taxes was one of
the achievements of
organization by farmers: He
said he had been thinking, of
r in • the organization for
some time now.
Mr. Steckle and his wife
Shirley operate a 100 -acre
dairy farm_ on. Lot 28, Con-
. cession 9 Hay township. Mr.
Steckle purchased the farm in
1958'and grows corn and hay
as well as keeping about 1,00
head , of cattle including a
Residential Ligb# ng'�ispla�
,Electric Heating
ISM'S
IN HURON COUNTY
Clayton Steckle, centre' of picture, of Hay Towhship, became the 2,000th.Member of the
• Huron County Pederatioo Agticulturelikeigly. On the left is Ted SteinbaCk of RR 3,
Zurich.who. along with Vince Austin of DungaMorfsold the membership to Mr. Sleckle, a
dairy farmer.. (Standard photo)
milking, herd iir45:"
Steckle was'iaised
farm in Hay township and her
husband grew Up, near Blake in
Stanley township. The couple
have three daughters: Mary
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OFA membership in EurOn
has .been growing at a rate 'of
• more than..100 a month in the
last few months as, Huron fried
. .to top the quota for the county
set' at the OFA convention in
has the largest membership of
easonal farm workers
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People should not° be cuyyff
, the unemployment role if they -
do short-term farm, work, ac -
„cording to_.' the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture.
In its brief to ',the Ontario
Cabinet last ,week,',, the -
Federation stressed the need
for this change in the Unem-
ployment-Insurance'Act to help
combat the shortage. of tem-
porary and seasonal farm help.
The farm group urged the
Ontario government to press
the federal authorities for a for-
mula that WoUld permit a
short-term worker to earn oa
, farm wage plus a partial unem-
, • - .also asked that the branch
ployment benefit that would
add up tO more than, unem-
-ployment benefits alone. •
. "This would build into the
Act an incentive to work—and
that's badly need,ed,” says
Cedar- Springs cash Crop far-
mer, is a in4riber of the OFA
. Executive.
ployment insurance seheme is
riddled- with misuse an a use,
crogs yvily continue to rot in the
fields. •We need the provincial,.
In its brief, the Federation
• banks of the Province of On-
Bridge.scores tario Savings bffiee be em-• -
powered to loan ,rrioney and
There were four tables at'the back. farm mortgages.
Club February 26. Winners
were: A ,Weerassoorieya and
Bilt Bradley, first with 51 1/2
,points; Mrs.. Rick Dieck ind
Mrs. J. Papernick and Mrs. J.
Cook with 46; and -Miss 13. Etre
and.',Krs. 13. Erskine with 39
142 -points—
The farm ,group poinled out.
that the original purpose'of the
government bank in 1921 was
to fund failn mortgages. A
nutriber of years ago, however,
the' Purpose 'or the bank was
changed. Tbday, the branche
no longer make farm loans, and
turn over all surPhis funds to
credit are constantly growing..
Chartered banka_are ° not
,adequathly meeting the need
for -short and medium-term
&edit. Nor is the federal gayer-
nnient's Farm Credit C,or-
poration able to „fill long-term
credit needs," says Grace
Stalker. An egg producer from.
Bath; Mrs. Stalker is a mernber
Of the OFA's executive.
To',,support 'their point,
Federation spokesmen noted
that a 2 per cent increase in- the
ibterest rate adds 425 to *the '
cost of producing' a _market
steer, fid $8 to the c-Ost of
producing a market hog.
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phone
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GENERAL:INSURANCE AGENT
46 WEtT ST. 524-9442
any ,Nunty
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. in the Property Tax Credit. •
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3. People over 65 may share in the Pensioner Tax Credit.
You must fill out a Federal income tit return. ' ,
The new putple Ontario Tax Credit Form comes attached inside it. So even
if you don't pay income tax,,yoirshould stillhle a Federal income tax return
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William G. Davis, Premier
Arthur K.' Mean, Minister of Reventie
in- Ontario in the
Volunteers from' Bayfield,
along with a new member, Mrs.
Lindsay Smith, 'attended Mon-
day's activities, to. assist- with
the program. Marie Flynn,
_Frank Forrest, Terry Gibbs,
Norman Speir and Jerry
Collins provided the music.
Charles Finlay, of Wroxeter,
was welcomed to the Home.
" Bill and Wanetta Holland, of
the ., Clinton area, entertained
the Residents on Family Night
with' a musical program .cf
aCountry and ,, Western music,
and old tome favourites. The
Holland s play _accordion and.
electric guitar., with Bill taking
the vocal part, of some of the
numbers.
"it•
Mrs. Bessie' lliott thanked
the entertainers on behalf of
the jresidents,
The Horne has been
decorated for Saint Patrick's
during the week, with everyone°
looking forward to f.he ' Irish
program on "Family ' Night",
Marche 14 with Clark Johnson,
of Belgrave, among .,the„ list . of
talent.,
Helping Nandi
remember others
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524.8670
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'A 'recent meeting of the
Helping Hands was held at the
home of Mrs. Nora Fitzsimon.
Scripture was given by, Mrs.
J.#l, Johnstone. .
Mrs: E. Baechler read the
prayer for the retarded after
which• the members joined in
singing their motto "Others,
Lord Yes Others".
Brian Fitzsimon pleased ,the
, group by' singing a children's
hymn. Harold Johnstone read,
The cross that means a kiss.
The minutes of. the previous
week were read by Mrs.'
Baechler. Since Christmas, The u
Scott Mission,, and two families
received gifts, and • replies of
gratitude were read.
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After a 'rnuchenjoyed social
hour, lunch was served by Mrs.
Johnstone.
MEETING TO -NAME
LIBERAL DELEGATES
A joint meeting of the Huron ,Provincial Liberal Assoc.
and the Huron Federal Liberal .Assoc.‘will be hold at;
DOMINION HOTEL, ZURIcH
WEp. MINR.,20,1th 8:30 pm
Por the purpose of ()letting delegates and alternates to
, the annual meeting of the Libor—al Party ill -Ontario to.ba
held at Sudbury April 26, 2i and 28:All members in
good standing are eligible to partiCipate hi theelection.
,THE PUBLIC IS INyITEIr'
Spring! Coats, costtfines and
dresses have adopted it as a
lively color accents,
SHOPPE
Goderich