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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-04-11, Page 13JChfl Mere than 500 people paid $20 per plate to attend the annual meeting of the Huron - Bruce Progressive Con- servative Association held in the Exeter Community MRS. LEWIS STONEHOUSE --� Belyrave Mr. and Mrs. Barry Logan, Michael, Shawn and Becky of Burlington, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Logan, Kevin and Trevor of Wyoming spent the weekind with Mrs. Cliff Logan and visited with other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. William Coultes and Alison, Ken Davis and Robert Coulter of Brookhaven, visited on Sun- day with Mr. and Mrs. Mark Matheson of Molesworth. Mr.dand Mrs. Larry May- berry, Marilyn, Kim and Darryl of Londesboro, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Smith of At- wood were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hanna. A number of people from Belgrave and area attended the 50th wedding anniver- sary of Bob and Eleanor McMurray in the Bluevale Hall on Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Cook of RR 1, Belgrave and Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Mason of Hopeville returned home on Sunday after a five-day tour of Brown Swiss Breeders in Indiana and Ohio. They also attended a sale on Saturday at Wapakoneta, Ohio. The annual meeting of the Belgrave Women's Institute will be held April 17, 1984 at 8:15 p.m. in the Women's In- stitute Hall. The installation of officers will be conducted by the district president, Mrs. Les Jacklin. The vari- ous committees will present their annual reports. Donald Campbell and daughter Lisa of London and son Scott of Medicine Hat, Alberta, visited with Mrs. Olive Campbell on Saturday and also visited with other relatives. Wayne Minick, Catherine, Edwin and Jennifer of Kit- chener were weekend visit- . -or,,--with H rid-Mrs-e}ar - ence Hanna. Belgrave euchre Ten tables were in play at the weekly euchre held at the WI Hall Wednesday, April 4. Winners were: high lady, Mrs. Lewis Stonehouse; novelty lady, Mrs. Agnes Caskanette; low lady, Mrs. Ronald Coultes; high man, Jim Leddy; novelty man, Garner Nicholson; low man, Sam Fear. There will be euchre again this week starting at 8:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Centre 'last week. The exp eellent turnout could be credited in part to the drawing power of the guest speaker, former Finance Minister John Crosbie.' The honorable member from' St. • .John's 'West (Newfoundland) did not disappoint his audience. His introductory comic monologue, complete with the obligatory "Newfie" MO, was followed by 40 minutes of Crosbie -style Lilberal.bashing. Mr.Croosbie said the central issue facing the` country is not language, nor the Constitution nor the Liberal succession, but ecgnomic growth. He had dug back into the speeches and, statements of Prime M ister Trudeau and cabinet members to corn- • C meetii pare promise with • .per- formance.. Unemployment stood,at five per cent in 1;, It was seven and one-half per cent four years. ago with 967,000 jobless when • Mr. ' rudeau said he endorsed the right of every Canadian to a job and it now has risen to 1,476,000 persons out of work. Mr. Crosbie quoted Finance Minister Marc lealonde's ,pkediction of 10 per .cent unemployment for floe next t1 !o years to in- dictate little relikf in the foreseeablefuture. Mr. Crosbie also drew a direct connection between the federal National Energy Policy and the recent an- nouncement by Shell Oil that 800 Ontario workers are being laid off and the oil company is moving its HURON -BRUCE PC MEETING -Mary Donnelly (left), newly -acclaimed president of the Huron -Bruce Pro- gressive Conservative Association, and past president Margaret Bennett chat with guest speaker John Crosbie and local MP Murray Cardiff following the association annual meeting at Exeter. (Times -Advocate Photo) 'Very good agricultural system' No new directions seen in speech by dep. minister There may be problems on Ontario's farms, but one would not have guessed it from listening to a speech by the new deputy minister of agriculture to members of the Howick and Turnberry township federations of -agrieu}turedast-weeir. -- ' Indeed, so optimistic was the talk by Dr. Clay Switzer, recently appointed as deputy minister, it prompted one federation executive mem- ber to comment later that the Ontario Federation of Agriculture should consider running bus tours of rural Ontario for provincial politi- cians and civil servants, to make sure they know what they are talking about. In an address to the federations' joint annual meeting held at Belmore last week, the former dean of the Ontario Agricultural College gave no hint of new policy initiatives by the ministry, suggesting it will continue to follow pretty much in its present paths. Generally speaking, On- tario has a very good agri- cultural system, he told -the farmers, adding he was grat- ified by the apparently pros- perous farms he saw from the car window while driving up Highway 4 to Wingham. He noted . that Ontario farms produceover $5 billion worth of commodities at the farm gate which, by the time they are processed; retail for $12 billion. In Huron County alone, $315 million worth of produce was sold at the farm gate. Noting hehad been asked to speak on goals and directions of the Ontario Ministry. of 'Agriculture and Food (OMAF), Dr. Switzer said he found it difficult to say much since he had not been in the job for long. However he outlined the goals as: -financial protection for farmers through such things For the hottest deals around .. . See Lynn H6y today! Visit our booth Friday, April 13 and Saturday, April 14 at the Town, and Country Tradefest in Brussels and enter the draw fora door prize to be awarded each day. See the new . Roper 11 HP Yard Tractor • f a Highway 86 just east of Highway 4, Wingham. Phone 357-3435 as crop insurance and legislation to ensure farmers are paid for their products; -stabilization of prices through the tri -partite stabilization plan, which he expects will be signed this summer, and various plans for individual commodities; -support, provided by OMAF county offices and funding of two-year diploma programs at agricultural colleges. Aims include sponsoring research into higher -yielding silage corn, helping producers find new markets and promoting soil con- servation programs. Dr. ' Switzer invited questions from the audience, but few were forthcoming. He also commented on what he had heard wete concerns about foreign ownership of Ontario farm land, saying the problem is a minor one and appears to be going away. Only about 170,000 acres in the whole province are owned by foreign non- residents, he said, and there was a very marked drop-off in purchasing during the past year. In other business at the meeting,' Huron County Federation President Tony McQuail told the group -the county federation is search- ing for waysto improve membership involvement. It needs to establish personal contact with far mers at the grass-roots to make sure it is not lagging behind in. its responses to members' concerns, he said, suggesting a.format in which township federations would meet one, nbppk3..forw,arding their concerns to regional meetings the following month, from which the major items ' would be for- warded to the county federa- tion and the OFA. If everyone contributes, the organization can work pretty well, he said, but ' `too many farmers and some township -councils are ready to let others do all the work while thez reap thebenefits." He assuredtis listenershe was not referring to anyone present. The federations also elected their executives for the coming year. In. Turn - berry, Brian Jeffray moved up to replace Aart DeVos as president, with John Under- wood taking over as first vice president, Alan Willits as second vice and Mrs. John Rutherford repeating as sec- retary -treasurer. For Howick, Hans Ras- mussen has moved up to re- place Mel ' Greig as presi- dent, with Heinz Claus tak- ing over as vice president and county director. The po- sition of secretary -treasurer and some of the line director posts were not filled at the meeting. Agriculture programs to run again this year Over 600 young people in Ontario will .work on farms and learn about agriculture this summer through two programs. sponsored by the Ontario Youth Secretariat and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF). For those young people with no previous farm ex- perience, the Junior Agriculturalist Program offers an opportunity to 16 to 18-year-olds to live and work in a rural area. Farmers supervise and work with the students to help develop skills and knowledge used on the farm. A training allowance of $18 per day is paid to the par- ticipants. OMAF contributes $10 and the farmer pays $8.00. Also, the room and board provided by the far- mer is valued at $8.00 per day for- tax purposes. Workers' Compensation ate Unemployment Insurance are paid by OMAF. The only prerequisites for Junior Agriculturalists are energy, enthusiasm and an interest in agriculture. They also should have no previous farm experience and be in good physical and mental health. Applications for the Junior Agriculturalist Program are available at the Clinton OMAF office and the deadline for applying is April 29. For more information call 482-3428. Agricrew involves young people aged 16 to 24 and offers four -person crews which can be booked by farmers on a daily basis. Crews can be hired to paint, weed, hay, clear fields and do many other jobs around the farm. Most participants will have farm experience or in physical labor. Farmers are charged $90 per day for an Agricrew'and transportation is provided by 'the crew foreman. Both the Junior Agricul- - turalist and Agricrew pro- grams begin June 25 and run until Aug. 24. Program co- ordinators, university and college students, can be con- tacted through the local OMAF office. headquarters from Toronto to Calgary. "I would_sooner have jobs than a 12 per cent increase in ovinership by Petrocan," he remarked. He attacked the increasing rate of inflation and the enormous budget deficits piling up year by year. Since 1972, the deficit has grown to $101 billion and now one in three tax dollars goes to service this debt, he said. In conclusion, Mr. Crosbie answered press accusations of the Conservative's lack of policy by informing his audience that "We have truckloads of policy, policy corning out our ears, but it CFFO drops support for stabilization The removal of family farm maximums has prompted the Christian Farmers Federation of On- tario to withdraw its support for federal stabilization pro- grams, the farm group has announced. According to a CFFO spokesman, the dropping of maximums will be detrimental to the survival of family farms. "Large established farms with good equity will now have an incentive to over- produce under the stabilization programs," Bill Jongejan, CFFO vice president, told the group's March board meeting. "This will increase the competition for new and beginning family farmers who must work with high debt loads." The CFFO has been calling for clearly targeted assis- tance for agriculture. With any semblance of targeting being dropped from the pro- grams, it has concluded they will be of no true benefit to a family enterprise -oriented agriculture. 1 wouldn't matter if we didn't have one shred of policy, not a single ounce...it would be better to vote for us...we have opposed all these things that have turned out so disastrously." The partisan crowd gave him a standing ovation. Murray Cardiff,' MP for the Huron -Bruce riding, publicly announced he will be a candidate when nominations are held in the riding. A new association The Wingham Advance -Times, April 11., 1884 ---Page 13 executive was acclaimed to office. Members are: Margaret Bennett, past president; Mary Donnelly, president; Barry Johnston, first vice; Ken Campbell, second vice; Donna Wood, third vice; Joe Reichenback, fourth vice; and Robert Dinsmore, fifth vice. The directors are Elmer Hayter; Stewart Farrell, Harold Robinson, Len Metcalfe and Harry Hayter. Bernie Haines heads the Young PCs and Maria Van • • Keultm is the new seeretary- treasurer. Lorne Kleinstiver was appointed election finance chairman. Honorary associ- ation members are Elmer Bell, Charles McNaughton, George McCutcheon, James Hayter, William Walden, Robert E. McKinley and James W. Britnell. A resolution proposing that the term of president not exceed three years will be voted upon at the next an- nual meeting. Co11gratulations to Heather Swanson on winning our trip for two to Jamaica from our recent "Breakaway to Jamaica" contest. HODGINS BUILDING CENTRE J. E. HODGINS LUMBER LTD. Located'at the north end of WINGHAM Open Mon. -Fri. 8-5:30. Sat. 8-4 357-3650 KITCHEN AND BATH BOUTIQUE Guns and -Sporting-Go SA•L Eat the..k .,.. ,- Wingham Sales Arena Selling over 50 new and used guns. Rifles and shotguns in various calibers and gauges by leading manufacturers such as Ruger, Winchester, Browning, Remington, Savage and others. Ammunition of all types for rifles and shotguns. Rifle scopes, hunting knives, binoculars and archery equiprnent. .223 Ammo Full metal jacket $ A 95 mho per box 0222 Remo Ammo $ R 95 Ill per box .22 L.R. Remo. Ammo $1 8!Ck 3 x 9 Power Sportview Scope by Bushnell f Gun Cases 1Q95 and up Browning Silaflex Fishing Rod Reg. $32.95 si 95 SALE ENDS SATURDAY APRIL 21, I P.S. Gentlemen: Be sure to take the family with you when you attend this sale as we will feature many in store specials from our fine bulk. display. Clothing and footwear for the whole family. New and used furniture, carpet and much more! Fishing Rods and Reels by Zebco, Mitchell, Daiwa, Ryobi, Shamand, Compac and others. Fishing lures, sinkers, line and other accessories. ALSO: A fine selection of tools, wrench sets, piier sets, socket sets. Sports clothing and footwear - jogging shoes, socks. All at the WINGHAM SALES ARENA 680 Josephine St. North end of Wingham '357-1730 Open Mon. - Sat. 9 - 6 P.M. 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