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Page 12—The Wingham Advance Times, November 30, 1977
Wroxeter Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Weber and
Kevin of Alliston, accompanied
by the former's mother, Mrs.
Lillian Weber of Walkerton, spent
the weekend with Mr. and
tvirs. Stewart Musgrove
Mrs. Clara Coulter, Listowel,
visited at the home of her son-in-
law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
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Jack Clarke over the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Andy Gibson
have returned home following
Andy's surgery at Shouldice
Clinic, Toronto, and a visit, with
their son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. Mac Ross at Missis-
sauga.
Congratulations to Mr. and
Mrs. Stewart Musgrove on their
35th wedding anniversary,
November 28.
M1/CA hires
six people
WROXETER A federal
grant of $23,725 has allowed the
Maitland Valley Conservation
Authority to hire six local people
for a six month period.
The six are: Neil- Elson, Terry
Deyell, Craig Piper, all of Wing -
ham; Marilyn Grainger and
Randy Clarke of Wroxeter; and
John Brown of Gorrie.
They are working with
authority staff to develop a maple
syrup making display at the
Maple Key Sugar Bush in Grey
Township. School groups will be
encouraged to use the site for
maple bush studies and to visit
the sugar shack operation nett
spring.
Authority spokesman Rob Keip
said the extra staff will allow the
authority to carry out a project it
wouldn't normally have the time
to do.
He said the project is going so
well that the authority may ask
Ottawa for additional grants to
hire the six for a full year.
Attention
The Wingham Public Utilities
Commission Urges Energy Conservation
- Growth of our Ontario Hydra's New Generating
capacity is 6% per year.
- Growth of consumption in excess of this will
mean Brown -Outs, Black -Outs and much higher
energy costs for us all.
At present the overall increase in consumption
is 7.2% in Ontario
'=-Growth of consumption in 1976 compared with
consumption in 1975 in the Town of Wingham
was 11%.
YOU CAN HELP BY:
- Shutting off unnecessary lights
- Lowering furnace thermostat at night and when
you are not at home
- Checking your establishment to see where
lighting can be reduced in non -work or display
areas
- Lowering thermostats in electrically heated
homes in rooms where no one is working
- Insulating all heated areas
- Fixing all leaking water taps
ASK AT OUR OFFICE FOR OTHER
ENERGY SAVING IDEAS
DOOR PRIZE DRAW—Nancy Michie, wife of President Lloyd Michie of the new Belgrave
Kinsmen Club, picked the numbers for the door prizes during charter night for the club
last Friday. Assisting are Ron Coghlin and Alex Strong of the Wingham Kinsmen -Club.
Cand!eI!ght;ng sei'vke is
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An Advent candle -lighting ser- sung by Mrs. Ken Wood, -also
vice was the highlight of the spoke of the most important pre -
general meeting of the 'Wingham paration for Christmas.
United Church Women which was A special feature of the pro -
held in the Sunday School room of gram was a display of handcrafts
the churcN on Monday evening. • presented by Mrs. Ian Deslaur-
Members of Unit Three con- iers who reminded the ladies that
ducted the worship service. the nicest gifts you can -give are
Those participating were Mrs. those you, make because you
Paul McNally, Mrs. Rennie Goy, "give a little of yourself with
• Mrs. Art Edgar, Mrs. Murray each one": On display where slip -
Stainton and Mrs. Mason Robin-pers, doll clothes, mobiles,
son. Mrs. McNally . began by macrame articles, wall plaques,
lighting a large white candle, clothing and many other articles;
Christ's candle, symbolic of "The
Light of The World", born that .costing little to make but a plea
first Christmas. From that
candle emanates every other
pod thing and in turn.the Advent
candles were lit, representing
hope, joy, peace and love, the
special gifts of Christmas. Carol -
singing was included in ' the
worship service.
Continuing on the Advent
theme, Lavonne Ballagh Was in
charge of the program. She was
assisted by Miss Yvonne Mc-
Pherson and Mrs. Barry Pass-
more as she attempted to show
the members that Advent is a
time of preparation. Christmas
shopping and planning a turkey
dinner very often take prece-
dence in our preparations when
the real preparation should take
place in our hearts. In Jesus, God
offered us Faith that first Christ-
mas Day, not a weak fluttering
faith, but "granite -great and
mountain -firm". But Christians
very often miss the faith and set-
tle for worldly gifts that will fade
and disappear.
The prayerful words, "Come to
my heart, Lord Jesus, there is
room in my heart for Thee as
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sure to find under any Christmas
tree come Christmas morning.
Following the program, the
business was conducted by
President Mrs. Jack Walker.
Year-end reports were given by
committee conveners and a
thank -you letter was read from
the former Miss Laura Collar for
congratulations received from
the UCW on her recent marriage
in Jerusalem.
At the close of the evening,
lunch was served by members of
the afternoon unit.
The Howick Grapevine
JAPAN ASSEMBLY there in good time.
"Ohayo", that was the way the - The museum had two floors
members of room- f9 greeted filled with very interesting his -
their audience at the assembly on torical items. Some articles were
November 18. The students- furniture, clothes, school,
showed the everyday life of a buggies, and many more endless
Japanese child. This enjoyable displays. We spent an hour and a
session proved worthwhile and half at the museum, with time to
interesting since the audience buy momentoes at the souvenir
had a chance to learn much about shop. The bus pulled into the
Japan they didn't know. Mr. Ste- school at 3:20.
wart put a lot of. work into this A fee of 77 cats per student
presentation.., and it showed in- was -required, but it was worth -
many ways. Although this while to view all the educational
assembly was brief, it was appre- displays at the museum,
ciated by all and everyone hopes —Caroline Mulvey
more of these will be held, NUMBER FACTS WEEK
—Leisa Garniss Last week and this week have
RADE 8 HISTORY TRIP , been called "Number Facts
Bast week, the two grade eight Week" at Howick. This helps re-
nistory classes ventured to the mind Howick students to practise
Huron County Pioneer Museum all number facts. Number facts
at Goderich. Mr. Doubleday's are needed all through a person's
'class -left at 11:45 a.m. on Mon- 'life so if they are practised well
day, Nov. 21 while Mr., Raynard's now, they will be with the person
class went the next' day. Ms. all the time. So this week not only
Smith, the history teacher, Mr. prepares students for tests, it
Shaw, Miss McKinnon, Mrs. also will help them when they
Lockie and Mr. Reid accom- have a job. This week is a good
pani-ed the students to Goderich. 'reminder to brush up in this im-
Mrs. Dickert and Mrs. Inglis portant area.
were the bus drivers and got us
—David McCaughan
—Mr. and Mrs. Frederick W.
Daw of RR 3,, Wingham cele-
brated their 45th wedding an-
niversary at the home of their son
and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson
C flaw. Mr. and Mrs. Daw were
married 45 years ago today
(Wednesday) at the United
Church manse. Teeswetcr • 'They
moved to their present residence
on February 1, 1951.
—The first Sunday in Advent
was observed with an evening
recital of Advent carols at St.
Paul's Anglican Church. Rev.
John T. M Swan was. in charge of
the service. The music was
sung by the St. Michaels Boys'
Choir, Walkerton, under the
direction of William Sewers,
organist, and choir master. This
choir will be visiting England
,next summer ana among Its en-
gagements, it will be singing in
St. George's Chapel, Windsor.
--Captain Bryan Forsyth,
Canadian Forces Base, Lahr,
West Germany; spent the week-
end with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. S. Forsyth, Walkerton.
Bryan is on course at Staff Col-
lege, Avenue Road, Toronto, until
next Febrary when he is to return
to Germany.
—Mr. and Mrs. Fraser Forgie
and Mrs. Fred Doubledee were
guests Sunday at a special occas-
ion honoring the 40th wedding an-
niversary of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Giles, Arkoha.
Bowling
BLUEVALE MIXED
Ladies' high single, Bonnie
Brewer 243; ladies' high triple,
°Bonnie Brewer 590; 'men's high
single, Ken Henry 229; men's
high triple, Wayne Day 572.
Games over 200: Jerry Timm
225, Harold Johnston 202, Ken
Henry 229, Nancy Corrigan 200,
Marie Campbell 203, Wayne Day
211, Bob Gillespie 206, Bonnie
Brewer 243, Marie Walker 203.
County corn growers favor
low key negotiating board
The majority of corn producers
r'ounty recognize proh-
lems in the existing , marketing
system and favor some type of
ward to deal with them. That at
least was the indication from a
meeting of corn growers held in
Clinton last week.
Over half of the 45-50 farmers
attending the meeting voted in
favor of proceeding with planning
for a negotiating board while
fewer than five opposed the plan.
The meeting was called by the
Huron Federation of Agriculture
at the request of Ontario Federa-
tion of Agriculture President
Peter Hannam to get some in-
dication of farmer sentiment on
the proposal for a low level corn
negotiating board. The OFA
wanted some reactions to the
plan before its annual convention
Nov. 28-30.
The type of body being pro-
posed is , not a true marketing •
board, OFA grains committee
member John Oke told the far-
mers. It would have -none of the
agency powers exercised by
other marketing boards but
would provide producers with a
voice and an organization to ne-
gotiate on their behalf.
It would not replace the pre,ent
government -appointed grain
corn council but. would act for
producers in ways the council
doesn't, he said. He pointed out
producers are a minority of three
on the 11 member council, with
the other positions held by
dealers, transporters, etc., and
said his committee doesn't think
farmers are represented fairly
by it. •
"They don't have the farmer -
producer at heart, he said.
Ways in which a board could
act fbr farmers include: nego-
tiating and administering ad;
vance payments; negotiating
stabilization plans for corn; ne-
gotiating corn handling and dry-
ing charges and payment for
premium grades of corn; supply-
ing marketing and trade in-
formation; and promoting ex- •,
ports. -
At present corn growers may
be ineligible for the federal ad-
vance payments program due to
lack of a producer organization to
negotiate and administer it, Mr.
Oke said.
He also noted that handling and
drying charges are quite a hot
subject and"t"end to""jump up acid
down like a yo-yo" and that there
is currently no bonus for pro-
ducing grade A corn.
•• He also suggested that Ontario
Th
is already in a position to export
corn but that "nobody knows
where the corn is or how much",
with the consequence that export
opportunities are lost.
A number of questions were
raised by farmers at the meeting
but most dealt with details of the
proposed board's functioning and
Mr. Oke emphasized it is too
early yet to provide all the an-
swers, such as how much it will
cost and who will pay.
"It hasn't gone that far yet," he
said. "There will be a lot of meet-
ings before it gets that far."
HFA director John Van Beers
made the same point. "The
purpose of the meeting tonight is
to look into the feasibility of
having,, any kind of board," he
said. "If we decide we want a
board tonight the technicalities
will be discussed at a later date."
The first step in getting the pro-
posed board off the ground is to
collect signatures from 2,200 corn
producers on a petition, Mr. Oke
explained. A producer is any
farmer who has sold at least 400
bushels of corn through com-
mercial channels during any one
year 1974-76.
The petition is submitted to the
farm products marketing board
in Toronto and, if accepted, a
detailed plan for the board is
drawn up.
The proposal then goes back to
the producers through ,a plebi-
scite needing 66.7 per cent ap-
proval to take effect. Any at-
tempt to increase the board's
powers to those of a full scale
marketing board would have to
be approved by another plebi-
scite, he added.
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